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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Bodloperka Island

Bodloperka Island (Bulgarian: остров Бодлоперка, romanizedostrov Bodloperka, IPA: [ˈɔstrov bodloˈpɛrkɐ]) is the partly ice-free island 688 m long in south-southwest to north-northeast direction and 473 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 22.43 ha.

The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling an emperor angelfish ('bodloperka' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.

Location

Bodloperka Island is located at 65°04′04″S 64°09′32″W / 65.06778°S 64.15889°W / -65.06778; -64.15889, which is 650 m northwest of Stego Island, 2.3 km east-southeast of Skoba Island, 640 m south-southeast of Sprey Island and 175 m west of Tsankov Island. British mapping in 2001.

Maps

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Bodloperka Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References

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