Raketa Island

Raketa Island
Raketa Island is located in Antarctica
Raketa Island
Raketa Island
Location of Raketa Island
Raketa Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Raketa Island
Raketa Island
Raketa Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates65°01′37″S 64°03′41″W / 65.02694°S 64.06139°W / -65.02694; -64.06139
ArchipelagoWilhelm Archipelago
Area5.18 ha (12.8 acres)
Length511 m (1677 ft)
Width177 m (581 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Raketa Island (Bulgarian: остров Ракета, romanized: ostrov Raketa, IPA: [ˈɔstrof rɐˈkɛtɐ]) is the mostly ice-covered island 511 m long in west–east direction and 177 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 5.18 ha.[1]

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

Location

Raketa Island is located at 65°01′37″S 64°03′41″W / 65.02694°S 64.06139°W / -65.02694; -64.06139, which is 4 km north by west of the west extremity of Booth Island, 540 m southeast of Meduza Island, 2.96 km south-southwest of Kosatka Island and 1.61 km northwest of Rollet Island. British mapping in 2001.

Maps

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Raketa 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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