Leeve Island

Summary

Leeve Island (Bulgarian: остров Лееве, romanizedostrov Leeve, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈlɛɛvɛ]) is the low ice-free island in the Onogur group off the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 200 m in southeast-northwest direction and 80 m wide. It is separated from Redina Island by a 100 m wide passage.

Leeve Island
Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands
Leeve Island is located in Antarctica
Leeve Island
Leeve Island
Location of Leeve Island
Leeve Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Leeve Island
Leeve Island
Leeve Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°21′10″S 59°40′58.5″W / 62.35278°S 59.682917°W / -62.35278; -59.682917
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

The island is named after Leeve River in Rila Mountain, Bulgaria.

Location edit

Leeve Island is located 1.46 km to the north of Misnomer Point and 640 m west-southwest of Shipot Point. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

Maps edit

  • Livingston Island to King George Island. Scale 1:200000. Admiralty Nautical Chart 1776. Taunton: UK Hydrographic Office, 1968.
  • L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4 (Second edition 2010, ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5)
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References edit

External links edit

  • Leeve Island. Copernix satellite image

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

 
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.