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Miladinovi Islets (Miladinovi Ostrovi \mi-la-'di-no-vi 'o-stro-vi\) is a group of two small rocky islands, 500 by 370 m (550 by 400 yd) (surface area 11 hectares (27 acres)[1]), and 350 by 200 m (380 by 220 yd) respectively, situated 300 m (330 yd) south of Iratais Point on Desolation Island off the north coast of Livingston Island, Antarctica. The islands are separated from Desolation Island by Neck or Nothing Passage. The area was frequented by early nineteenth century English and American sealers operating from the adjacent Blythe Bay.

Miladinovi Islets

Miladinovi Islets (on the left) from Zemen Knoll
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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°28′26″S 60°20′28″W
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Area	11 ha (27 acres)[1]
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Named after the Bulgarian poets and folklorists from Macedonia Dimitar Miladinov (1810–62) and Konstantin Miladinov (1830–62), popular as ‘Miladinovi Brothers’.

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

Maps

• L.L. Ivanov et al., Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands (from English Strait to Morton Strait, with illustrations and ice-cover distribution), Scale 1:100000 map, Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sofia, 2005
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0

Notes

References

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

External links

• Miladinovi Islets. Copernix satellite image

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

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Die Miladinovi Islets (englisch; bulgarisch Миладинови острови .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Miladinowi ostrowi) sind eine Gruppe aus zwei kleinen Inseln im Archipel der Südlichen Shetlandinseln. In der Hero Bay der Livingston-Insel liegen sie 0,3 km südlich des Iratais Point von Desolation Island, von dem sie durch die Neck or Nothing Passage getrennt sind. Die größere von ihnen ist 500 m lang und 370 m breit, die andere 350 m lang und 200 m breit.

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