Shut Island

Shut Island

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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°03′00″S 64°10′00″W
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	14 ha (35 acres)
Length	573 m (1880 ft)
Width	520 m (1710 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Shut Island (Bulgarian: остров Шут, romanized: ostrov Shut, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈʃut]) is the partly ice-free island extending 573 m in west–east direction and 520 m in south–north direction in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 14 ha.[1]

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

Location

Shut Island is located at 65°03′00″S 64°10′00″W. It abuts Padpadak Island on the south, and is situated 815m south-southwest of Hoatsin Island, 3.92 km west of Revolver Island and 1.9 km northeast of Skoba Island.

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. Shut Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References

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

External links

• Shut Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

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