Beslen Island

Beslen Island

Location of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands
Beslen Island Location of Beslen Island Beslen Island Beslen Island (Antarctica)
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	63°13′18″S 62°10′57″W
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Beslen Island (Bulgarian: остров Беслен, romanized: ostrov Beslen, IPA: [ˈɔstrov ˈbɛslɛn]) is the rocky island off the northwest extremity of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands extending 240 m in east-west direction and 90 m wide.

The feature is named after the settlement of Beslen in Southwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Beslen Island is located at 63°13′18″S 62°10′57″W, which is 1.67 km northeast of Cape Wallace and 840 m north of Prisad Island. British mapping in 2009.

Maps

Map of Smith and Low Islands in the South Shetland Islands

• South Shetland Islands: Smith and Low Islands. Scale 1:150000 topographic map No. 13677. British Antarctic Survey, 2009
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

References

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

External links

• Beslen Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

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