Lapa_Island_(Wilhelm_Archipelago)

Lapa Island (Wilhelm Archipelago)

Lapa Island (Wilhelm Archipelago)

Island of the Wilhelm Archipelago

Lapa Island (Bulgarian: остров Лапа, romanized: ostrov Lapa, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈɫapɐ]) is the mostly ice-covered island 800 m long in west–east direction and 490 m wide in the Vedel Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 21.73 ha.[1]

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

Location

Lapa Island is located at 65°07′02″S 64°13′02″W, which is 3.9 km northwest of Hovgaard Island, 37 m north of Kostenurka Island, 805 m east-northeast of Rak Island, and 4.97 km southwest of Lamya Island in the Dannebrog Islands group. British mapping in 2001.

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Notes

  1. [1]
    Lapa 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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