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Yastreb Island

Coordinates: 65°01′47″S 64°07′33″W / 65.02972°S 64.12583°W / -65.02972; -64.12583
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Yastreb Island
Yastreb Island is located in Antarctica
Yastreb Island
Yastreb Island
Location of Yastreb Island
Yastreb Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Yastreb Island
Yastreb Island
Yastreb Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates65°01′47″S 64°07′33″W / 65.02972°S 64.12583°W / -65.02972; -64.12583
ArchipelagoWilhelm Archipelago
Area17.12 ha (42.3 acres)
Length934 m (3064 ft)
Width317 m (1040 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Yastreb Island (Bulgarian: остров Ястреб, romanizedostrov 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]

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

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Yastreb Island is located at 65°01′47″S 64°07′33″W / 65.02972°S 64.12583°W / -65.02972; -64.12583, 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

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Yastreb Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References

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