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Kalmar Island

Kalmar Island (Bulgarian: остров Калмар, romanizedostrov Kalmar, IPA: [ˈɔstrof kɐɫ'mar]) is the mostly ice-covered island 1.12 km long in west-southwest to east-northeast direction and 245 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 16.15 ha.

The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a specimen of squid ('kalmar' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.

Location

Kalmar Island is located at 64°59′21″S 64°03′35″W / 64.98917°S 64.05972°W / -64.98917; -64.05972, which is 1.24 km northwest of Kosatka Island, and 7.27 km south of Knight Island and 7.33 km west-southwest of Kril Island in the Wauwermans Islands group. British mapping in 2001.

Maps

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Kalmar Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References

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