Tyulen Island

Tyulen Island
Tyulen Island is located in Antarctica
Tyulen Island
Tyulen Island
Location of Tyulen Island
Tyulen Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Tyulen Island
Tyulen Island
Tyulen Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates65°01′03″S 64°07′05″W / 65.01750°S 64.11806°W / -65.01750; -64.11806
ArchipelagoWilhelm Archipelago
Area26.78 ha (66.2 acres)
Length1 km (0.6 mi)
Width530 m (1740 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Tyulen Island (Bulgarian: остров Тюлен, romanized: ostrov Tyulen, IPA: [ˈɔstrof tʲuˈlɛn]) is the mostly ice-covered island 1 km long in west-southwest to east-northeast direction and 530 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 26.78 ha.[1]

The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a fur seal, 'tyulen' being the Bulgarian for 'seal', and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.[1]

Location

Tyulen Island is located at 65°01′03″S 64°07′05″W / 65.01750°S 64.11806°W / -65.01750; -64.11806, which is 3.2 km southwest of Kalmar Island, 1.4 km northwest of Meduza Island and 135 m northeast of Lamantin Island. British mapping in 2001.

Maps

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Tyulen 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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