Kormoran Island
Kormoran Island is located in Antarctica
Kormoran Island
Kormoran Island
Location of Kormoran Island
Kormoran Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Kormoran Island
Kormoran Island
Kormoran Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates65°08′17″S 64°14′50″W / 65.13806°S 64.24722°W / -65.13806; -64.24722
ArchipelagoWilhelm Archipelago
Area36.7 ha (91 acres)
Length848 m (2782 ft)
Width705 m (2313 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Kormoran Island (Bulgarian: остров Корморан, romanized: ostrov Kormoran, IPA: [ˈɔstrof kormoˈran]) is the mostly ice-free rocky island extending 848 m in south–north direction and 705 m in west–east direction in the Vedel Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 36.7 ha.[1]

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

Location

Kormoran Island is located 4.72 km northwest of Petermann Island, 80 m southeast of Kamera Island and 160 m southwest of Pate Island. British mapping in 2001.

Maps

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Kormoran 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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