Akula Island

Akula Island
Akula Island is located in Antarctica
Akula Island
Location within Antarctica
Akula Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Akula Island
Location within Antarctic Peninsula
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates65°04′20″S 64°06′38″W / 65.07222°S 64.11056°W / -65.07222; -64.11056
ArchipelagoWilhelm Archipelago
Area15.46 ha (38.2 acres)
Length915 m (3002 ft)
Width274 m (899 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Akula Island (Bulgarian: остров Акула, romanized: ostrov Akula, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ɐˈkuɫɐ]) is the mostly ice-covered island 915 m long in west–east direction and 274 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 15.46 ha.

The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a shark ('akula' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.

Location

Akula Island is located at 65°04′20″S 64°06′38″W / 65.07222°S 64.11056°W / -65.07222; -64.11056, which is 46 m north of Elisabethinsel, 100 m southeast of Stego Island, 480 m south of Spatnik Island and 2.43 km west-southwest of the west extremity of Booth Island. British mapping in 2001.

Maps

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Akula Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.