Temenuga Island

Temenuga Island (, ) is a rocky island lying 660 m northeast of Quinton Point, Goten Peninsula on the northwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. Temenuga is 620 m long by 450 m wide, and is separated from Kalotina Island to the west by a 140 m wide passage.

The island is named after the settlements of Temenuga in Northern and Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Temenuga Island is located at . British mapping in 1980.

Maps

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1980.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
• Temenuga Island. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

External links

• Temenuga Island. Copernix satellite image