Boatin Island

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Boatin Island
Robert-Island-location-map.png
Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands
Boatin Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Boatin Island
Boatin Island
Location of Boatin Island
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°20′32.7″S 59°38′55″W / 62.342417°S 59.64861°W / -62.342417; -59.64861Coordinates: 62°20′32.7″S 59°38′55″W / 62.342417°S 59.64861°W / -62.342417; -59.64861
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Boatin Island (Bulgarian: остров Боатин, romanizedostrov Boatin, IPA: [ˈɔstrov boɐˈtin]) is the rocky island off the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands extending 740 m in north–south direction and 150 m wide. It ends in the T-shaped 250 m wide Hammer Point to the north, and connected to Robert Island to the south by a 250 m long moraine tombolo. The feature was formed as a result of the retreat of Robert Island's ice cap during the first decade of 21st century. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

Location[]

Boatin Island lies between Clothier Harbour and Nevestino Cove at 62°20′32.7″S 59°38′55″W / 62.342417°S 59.64861°W / -62.342417; -59.64861.

Maps[]

  • Livingston Island to King George Island. Scale 1:200000. Admiralty Nautical Chart 1776. Taunton: UK Hydrographic Office, 1968.
  • L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4 (Second edition 2010, ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5)
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

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

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.


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