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Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
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The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a trailer mounted
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British Admiralty Nautical Chart 446 Anvers Island to Renaud Island.
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Raketa Island is located in Antarctica
Raketa Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctica
65°01′37″S 64°03′41″W / 65.02694°S 64.06139°W / -65.02694; -64.06139
Wilhelm Archipelago
Antarctic Treaty System
Bulgarian
romanized
[ˈɔstrofrɐˈkɛtɐ]
Dannebrog Islands
Wilhelm Archipelago
Antarctic Peninsula
rocket
65°01′37″S 64°03′41″W / 65.02694°S 64.06139°W / -65.02694; -64.06139
Booth Island
Meduza Island
Kosatka Island
Rollet Island
British Admiralty Nautical Chart 446 Anvers Island to Renaud Island.
Brabant Island to Argentine Islands.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands


Raketa Island.
Raketa Island.
SCAR
Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.
Antarctic Place-names Commission

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