Petrelik Island

Petrelik Island

Location of Anvers Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 64°31′46″S 64°01′56″W / 64.52944°S 64.03222°W / -64.52944; -64.03222Coordinates: 64°31′46″S 64°01′56″W / 64.52944°S 64.03222°W / -64.52944; -64.03222
Archipelago Palmer Archipelago
Country
None
Demographics
Population 0
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Petrelik Island (Bulgarian: остров Петрелик, ‘Ostrov Petrelik’ \'os-trov pe-tre-'lik\) is a rocky island in the southwest part of Hamburg Bay on the northwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. The feature is 380 m long in southwest-northeast direction and 200 m wide, and is separated from Emen Island to the southeast by a 160 m wide passage.

The island is named after the settlement of Petrelik in Southwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Petrelik Island is located at 64°31′46″S 64°01′56″W / 64.52944°S 64.03222°W / -64.52944; -64.03222, 10.34 km northeast of Gerlache Point and 8.85 km southwest of Bonnier Point. British mapping in 1974.

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References

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


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