Zavala Island Explained

Zavala Island
Image Map Caption:Location of Varna Peninsula in South Shetland Islands
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Location:Antarctica
Coordinates:-62.47°N -60.1644°W
Archipelago:Dunbar Islands
Area Ha:14
Area:14ha -->
Length Km:0.7
Width Km:0.25
Population:Uninhabited
Country:None
Treaty System:Antarctic Treaty System

Zavala Island (Bulgarian: остров Завала|ostrov Zavala, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈɔstrov ˈzavɐɫɐ/) is an ice-free island in the Dunbar group off the northwest coast of Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is extending 700by, with surface area 14ha.[1] The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

The island is named after the settlement of Zavala and the homonymous Zavala Mountain in western Bulgaria.

Location

Zavala Island is located at -62.47°N -60.1644°W, which is 1.3km (00.8miles) east-northeast of Balsha Island, 750m (2,460feet) southwest of Aspis Island, 800m (2,600feet) north of Slab Point, and 350m (1,150feet) west of Organpipe Point. Bulgarian topographic survey by the Tangra 2004/05 expedition. British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009.

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Notes and References

  1. L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.