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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Mraka Sound (BGR) 65° 31' 40.0" S 65° 42' 00.0" W Sound
Name ID: 137771 Place ID: 19406

The roughly rectangular water body extending 5 km in SE-NW direction and 4.2 km in SW-NE direction in Biscoe Islands. Bounded by Renaud Island on the S, Pickwick Island on the N and Winkle Island on the NE. British mapping in 1971. Named after the historical region of Mraka in Western Bulgaria.

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