Yastreb Island

Yastreb Island (Bulgarian: остров Ястреб, romanized: ostrov Yastreb, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈjastrɛp]) is the mostly ice-covered island 934 m long in west-southwest to east-northeast direction and 317 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 17.12 ha.[1]

Yastreb Island

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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°01′47″S 64°07′33″W
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	17.12 ha (42.3 acres)
Length	934 m (3064 ft)
Width	317 m (1040 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

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

Location

Yastreb Island is located at 65°01′47″S 64°07′33″W, which is 478 m southeast of Lamantin Island, 1.26 km west-southwest of Meduza Island and 115 m north of Tigan 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. Yastreb Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References

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

External links

• Yastreb Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

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