Dink Island

Dink Island

Dink Island
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	63°48′33″S 60°48′14″W
Archipelago	Palmer Archipelago
Administration
None
Demographics
Population	0

Dink Island (Bulgarian: остров Динк, ‘Ostrov Dink’ \'os-trov 'dink\) is the central in the group of three rocky islands in Krivina Bay on the west coast of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. The feature is 610 m long in northeast-southwest direction and 320 m wide.

The island is named after the settlement of Dink in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Dink Island is located at 63°48′33″S 60°48′14″W, 1.87 km south of Lyon Peak and 2.47 km northeast of Romero Point, and is separated from Imelin Island to the north-northeast and Rogulyat Island to the southwest by 120 m and 180 m wide passages respectively. British mapping in 1978.

Maps

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 63 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1978.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

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

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