Spatnik Island

Spatnik Island
Spatnik Island is located in Antarctica
Spatnik Island
Location within Antarctica
Spatnik Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Spatnik Island
Location within Antarctic Peninsula
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates65°03′55″S 64°06′28″W / 65.06528°S 64.10778°W / -65.06528; -64.10778
ArchipelagoWilhelm Archipelago
Area6.62 ha (16.4 acres)
Length485 m (1591 ft)
Width290 m (950 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Spatnik Island (Bulgarian: остров Спътник, romanized: ostrov Spatnik, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈspɤtnik]) is the partly ice-free island 485 m long in west–east direction and 290 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 6.62 ha.

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

Location

Spatnik Island is located at 65°03′55″S 64°06′28″W / 65.06528°S 64.10778°W / -65.06528; -64.10778, which is 240 m northeast of Stego Island, 45 m south of Taralezh Island and 2.47 km west of the west extremity of Booth Island. British mapping in 2001.

Maps

See also

Notes

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

References

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