Leeve Island

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LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°21′10″S 59°40′58.5″W / 62.35278°S 59.682917°W / -62.35278; -59.682917
PopulationUninhabited
Leeve Island
Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands
Leeve Island is located in Antarctica
Leeve Island
Leeve Island
Location of Leeve Island
Leeve Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Leeve Island
Leeve Island
Leeve Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°21′10″S 59°40′58.5″W / 62.35278°S 59.682917°W / -62.35278; -59.682917
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Leeve Island (Bulgarian: остров Лееве, romanized: ostrov Leeve, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈlɛɛvɛ]) is the low ice-free island in the Onogur group off the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 200 m in southeast-northwest direction and 80 m wide. It is separated from Redina Island by a 100 m wide passage.

The island is named after Leeve River in Rila Mountain, Bulgaria.

Leeve Island is located 1.46 km to the north of Misnomer Point and 640 m west-southwest of Shipot Point. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

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