Balsha Island
Balsha Island is an ice-free island in the Dunbar group off the northwest coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Melyane Island and Zavala Island.
Melyane Island
Islet
Melyane Island is the southernmost of Dunbar Islands off Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. The feature is ice-free, extending 280 m in southeast-northwest direction and 90 m wide.
Zavala Island
Islet
Photo: Apcbg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zavala Island is an ice-free island in the Dunbar group off the northwest coast of Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Aspis Island
Islet
Photo: Apcbg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aspis Island is a small, low-lying, ice-free island rising to 15 metres, easternmost in the Dunbar group off the northwest coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Aspis Island is situated 2½ km east of Balsha Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ficheto Point.
Ficheto Point
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ficheto Point is an ice-free point on the northeast coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica forming the southeast side of the entrance to Dragon Cove. Ficheto Point is situated 5 km east of Balsha Island.
Balsha Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Antarctic Treaty area, Antarctica
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.47217° or 62° 28′ 20″ southLongitude
-60.19896° or 60° 11′ 56″ westOpen location code
379XGRH2+4COpenStreetMap ID
way 224764306OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
Discover Balsha Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Balsha Island” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Балша”
- Cebuano: “Balsha Island”
- Chinese: “巴爾沙島”
- Dutch: “Balsha Island”
- German: “Balsha Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Balsha Island”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Balcha”
- Swedish: “Balsha Island”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Camp Academia and Captain Arturo Prat.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Williams Point and Pogledets Island.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Balsha Island”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.