Bablon Island

Bablon Island

Location of Barison Peninsula on Graham Coast, Antarctic Peninsula
Bablon Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°36′36″S 64°09′32″W / 65.61000°S 64.15889°W / -65.61000; -64.15889Coordinates: 65°36′36″S 64°09′32″W / 65.61000°S 64.15889°W / -65.61000; -64.15889
Administration
None
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Bablon Island (Bulgarian: остров Баблон, ‘Ostrov Bablon’ \'os-trov bab-'lon\) is the ice-free island off the west coast of Barison Peninsula, Graham Coast on the Antarctic Peninsula extending 1.15 km in southeast-northwest direction and 400 m wide. It is lying on the west side of Macrobius Cove and separated from Eijkman Point to the south by a 220 m wide passage.

The feature is named after the settlement of Bablon in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Bablon Island is located at 65°36′36″S 64°09′32″W / 65.61000°S 64.15889°W / -65.61000; -64.15889. British mapping in 1971.

Maps

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1971.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

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

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