Hoatsin Island

Hoatsin Island

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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°02′22″S 64°09′07″W
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	16.85 ha (41.6 acres)
Length	795 m (2608 ft)
Width	360 m (1180 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Hoatsin Island (Bulgarian: остров Хоацин, romanized: ostrov Hoatsin, IPA: [ˈɔstrof hoɐˈt͡sin]) is the mostly ice-free island 795 m long in southeast–northwest direction and 360 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 16.85 ha.[1]

The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a hoatzin bird ('hoatsin' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.[1]

Location

Hoatsin Island is located at 65°02′22″S 64°09′07″W, which is 65 m southwest of Pegas Island, 2.8 km northwest of Taralezh Island and 815 m north-northeast of Shut Island. British mapping in 2001.

Maps

• British Admiralty Nautical Chart 446 Anvers Island to Renaud Island. Scale 1:150000. Admiralty, UK Hydrographic Office, 2001
• Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

See also

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

Notes

1. Hoatsin Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References

• Hoatsin Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

• Hoatsin Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

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