Rog Island

Rog Island
Rog Island is located in Antarctica
Rog Island
Location within Antarctica
Rog Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Rog Island
Location within Antarctic Peninsula
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates65°02′58″S 64°02′45″W / 65.04944°S 64.04583°W / -65.04944; -64.04583
ArchipelagoWilhelm Archipelago
Area5.06 ha (12.5 acres)
Length557 m (1827 ft)
Width208 m (682 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Rog Island (Bulgarian: остров Рог, romanized: ostrov Rog, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈrɔk]) is the partly ice-free island 557 m long in west–east direction and 208 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 5.06 ha.

The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling an animal horn ('rog' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.

Location

Rog Island is located at 65°02′58″S 64°02′45″W / 65.04944°S 64.04583°W / -65.04944; -64.04583, which is 1.47 km north of the west extremity of Booth Island, 653 m east of Revolver Island and 461 m south of Rollet Island. British mapping in 2001.

Maps

See also

Notes

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

References

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