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    Zavala Island

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    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. It is extending 700 by 250 m (770 by 270 yd), with surface area 14 hectares (35 acres). The area was visited by early 19th-century sealers.

    Dunbar Islands, Williams Point and Zed Islands from Miziya Peak, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
    Dunbar Islands, Williams Point and Zed Islands from Miziya Peak, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

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    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. It is extending 700 by 250 m (770 by 270 yd), with surface area 14 hectares (35 acres). The area was visited by early 19th-century sealers. The island is named after the settlement of Zavala and the Zavala Mountain in western Bulgaria.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Dunbar Islands

    Also in South Shetland Islands

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    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

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