Kaliman Island

62°37′31″S 60°39′44″W / 62.62528°S 60.66222°W / -62.62528; -60.66222ArchipelagoSouth Shetland IslandsTotal islands13Major islands2AdministrationAdministered under the Antarctic Treaty SystemDemographicsPopulationuninhabited

Kaliman Island (Bulgarian: остров Калиман, romanized: ostrov Kaliman, IPA: [ˈɔstrof kɐliˈman]) is the triangular, flat rocky island extending 250 m in south-southeast to north-northwest direction and 80 m wide in Walker Bay, Livingston Island in Antarctica. It is named after Czar Kaliman Asen of Bulgaria (1241–1246 AD).

Location

Kaliman Island is located at 62°37′31″S 60°39′44″W / 62.62528°S 60.66222°W / -62.62528; -60.66222, which is 3.9 km northwest of Hannah Point, 9.5 km northeast of Bond Point and 4.62 km south of Snow Peak, and connected to Livingston Island on the north by a 600 m long moraine tombolo. Formed as result of the retreat of Verila Glacier in the first decade of 21st century. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.

Maps

• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.

References

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

External links

• Kaliman Island. Copernix satellite image

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