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Alabak Island

Coordinates: 65°59′25″S 64°43′50″W / 65.99028°S 64.73056°W / -65.99028; -64.73056
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Alabak Island
Location of Graham Coast on the Antarctic Peninsula
Alabak Island is located in Antarctica
Alabak Island
Alabak Island
Location in Antarctica
Alabak Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Alabak Island
Alabak Island
Alabak Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates65°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
PopulationUninhabited

Alabak Island (Bulgarian: остров Алабак, romanizedOstrov 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 Alabak Ridge in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

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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

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  • 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

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