Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 66°23′01″S 67°09′42″W / 66.38361°S 67.16167°W |
Archipelago | Biscoe Islands |
Area | 6.55 ha (16.2 acres) |
Length | 637 m (2090 ft) |
Width | 165 m (541 ft) |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | uninhabited |
Luna Island (Bulgarian: остров Луна, romanized: ostrov Luna, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈɫunɐ]) is the partly ice-covered rocky island in the southwest part of Biscoe Islands, Antarctica, 637 m long in southwest-northeast direction and 165 m wide, and comprising two parts divided by a passage narrowing to 5 m. Its surface area is 6.55 ha.
The feature is named after Ines Luna Aguilar from the Chilean city of Punta Arenas for her logistic support for the Bulgarian Antarctic programme.