Kamera_Island

Kamera Island

Kamera Island

Antarctic island

Kamera Island (Bulgarian: остров Камера, romanized: ostrov Kamera, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈkamɛrɐ]) is the mostly ice-covered island 778 m long in southwest–northeast direction and 278 m wide in the Vedel Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 10.75 ha.[1]

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

Location

Kamera Island is located at 65°07′58″S 64°15′26″W, which is 5.6 km northwest of Petermann Island, 80 m northwest of Kormoran Island, 40 m southeast of Klamer Island and 378 m west of Pate Island. British mapping in 2001.

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Notes

  1. [1]
    Kamera 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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