Peperuda Island

Peperuda Island
Peperuda Island is located in Antarctica
Peperuda Island
Peperuda Island
Location of Peperuda Island
Peperuda Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Peperuda Island
Peperuda Island
Peperuda Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates65°06′24″S 64°05′00″W / 65.10667°S 64.08333°W / -65.10667; -64.08333
ArchipelagoWilhelm Archipelago
Area9.51 ha (23.5 acres)
Length592 m (1942 ft)
Width309 m (1014 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Peperuda Island (Bulgarian: остров Пеперуда, romanized: ostrov Peperuda, IPA: [ˈɔstrof pɛpɛˈrudɐ]) is the mostly ice-free island 592 m long in west-southwest to east-northeast direction and 309 m wide in the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 9.51 ha.[1]

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

Location

Peperuda Island is located at 65°06′24″S 64°05′00″W / 65.10667°S 64.08333°W / -65.10667; -64.08333, which is 25 m north of Hovgaard Island, 150 m west of Pléneau Island, and 2.33 km south of Lamya Island in the Dannebrog Islands group. British mapping in 2001.

Maps

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Peperuda Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References

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


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