Alabak Island

Alabak Island

Location of Graham Coast on the Antarctic Peninsula
Alabak Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°59′25″S 64°43′50″W / 65.99028°S 64.73056°W / -65.99028; -64.73056Coordinates: 65°59′25″S 64°43′50″W / 65.99028°S 64.73056°W / -65.99028; -64.73056
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Alabak Island (Bulgarian: остров Алабак, romanized: Ostrov alabak, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ɐɫɐˈbak]) is the mostly ice-covered hilly island in Barilari Bay on Graham Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica extending 1.35 km in east-west direction, 670 m wide, and ending in Huitfeldt Point to the east. It is separated from the east coast of Velingrad Peninsula by a 500 m wide passage formed as a result of glacier retreat in the last decade of 20th century.

The island is named after in Southern Bulgaria.

Location[]

Alabak Island is located 4.74 km southeast of Vorweg Point, and 11.15 km southwest of Duyvis Point on Felipe Solo (Obligado) Peninsula. British mapping in 1971.

Maps[]

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1971.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References[]

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
• Alabak Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

External links[]

• Alabak Island. Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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