Dinea Island

Dinea Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Dinea Island  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 19366
Name ID: 137706

Feature type: Island (5)

Origin

This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

The flat rocky island off the N coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands extending 290 m in NNW-SSE direction and 130 m wide. Situated 1.35 km WNW of Aprilov Point, 840 m ENE of Miletich Point, 880 m E of Kabile Island and 2 km SW of Ongley Island. Bulgarian mapping in 2009. Named after the ancient Roman fortress of Dinea in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 26' 40.0" S
-62.44444°
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Longitude:
59° 55' 09.0" W
-59.91917°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
21-Oct-2013

Related information

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