Lamantin_Island

Lamantin Island

Lamantin Island

Antarctic island

Lamantin Island (Bulgarian: остров Ястреб, romanized: ostrov Lamantin, IPA: [ˈɔstrof lɐmɐnˈtin]) is the partly ice-free island 812 m long in southwest–northeast direction and 318 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 15.8 ha.[1]

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

Location

Lamantin Island is located at 65°01′21″S 64°07′56″W, which is 135 m southwest of Tyulen Island, 1.66 km west-northwest of Meduza Island and 478 m northwest of Yastreb Island. British mapping in 2001.

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See also

Notes

  1. [1]
    Yastreb 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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