Kaliman Island | |
Image Map Caption: | Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands |
Pushpin Map: | Antarctica#Antarctic Peninsula |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location on Antarctic Peninsula##Location in Antarctica |
Pushpin Map Relief: | yes |
Nickname: | The Great Big |
Location: | Antarctica |
Coordinates: | -62.6253°N -60.6622°W |
Archipelago: | South Shetland Islands |
Total Islands: | 13 |
Major Islands: | 2 |
Population: | uninhabited |
Country: | Antarctica |
Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
Kaliman Island (Bulgarian: остров Калиман|ostrov Kaliman, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈɔstrof kɐliˈman/) is the triangular, flat rocky island extending 250 m in south-southeast to north-northwest direction and 80 m wide in Walker Bay, Livingston Island in Antarctica. It is named after Czar Kaliman Asen of Bulgaria (1241–1246 AD).
Kaliman Island is located at -62.6253°N -60.6622°W, which is 3.9 km northwest of Hannah Point, 9.5 km northeast of Bond Point and 4.62 km south of Snow Peak, and connected to Livingston Island on the north by a 600 m long moraine tombolo. Formed as result of the retreat of Verila Glacier in the first decade of 21st century. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.