Rotalia Island

Rotalia Island

Location ofNelson Islandin theSouth Shetland Islands
Rotalia Island Location of Rotalia Island Rotalia Island Rotalia Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°14′18″S59°05′24″W
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Length	310 m (1020 ft)
Width	250 m (820 ft)
Administration
Antarctica
Administered under theAntarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Rotalia Island(Bulgarian:остров Роталия,romanized:ostrov Rotaliya,IPA:[ˈɔstrofroˈtalijɐ]) is the rocky island off the north coast ofNelson Islandin theSouth Shetland Islands,Antarcticaextending 310 m in southeast-northwest direction and 250 m in southwest-northeast direction.

The island is “named after the oceanfishing trawlerRotaliaof the Bulgarian company Ocean Fisheries – Burgas whose ships operated in the waters ofSouth Georgia,Kerguelen,theSouth Orkney Islands,South Shetland IslandsandAntarctic Peninsulafrom 1970 to the early 1990s. The Bulgarian fishermen, along with those of theSoviet Union,PolandandEast Germanyare the pioneers of modern Antarcticfishing industry.”

Location

Rotalia Island is located at62°14′18″S59°05′24″W,which is 2.06 km west-southwest ofCariz Point,530 m north ofMeana Point,1.2 km northeast ofBaklan Pointand 2.2 km east ofWithem Island.British mapping in 1968.

Maps

• South Shetland Islands.Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3373. DOS 610 - W 62 58. Tolworth, UK, 1968.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

• Rotalia Island.SCARComposite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.Antarctic Place-names Commission.(details in Bulgarian,basic datain English)

External links

• Rotalia Island.Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from theAntarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgariawhich is used with permission.