Spatnik Island

Spatnik Island (Bulgarian: остров Спътник, romanized: ostrov Spatnik, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈspɤtnik]) is the partly ice-free island 485 m long in west–east direction and 290 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 6.62 ha.[1]

Spatnik Island

Spatnik Island Location of Spatnik Island Spatnik Island Spatnik Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°03′55″S 64°06′28″W
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	6.62 ha (16.4 acres)
Length	485 m (1591 ft)
Width	290 m (950 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

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

Location

Spatnik Island is located at 65°03′55″S 64°06′28″W, which is 240 m northeast of Stego Island, 45 m south of Taralezh Island and 2.47 km west of the west extremity of Booth Island. British mapping in 2001.

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. Spatnik Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References

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

External links

• Spatnik Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

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