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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Rog Island

Rog Island (Bulgarian: остров Рог, romanizedostrov Rog, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈrɔk]) is the partly ice-free island 557 m long in west–east direction and 208 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 5.06 ha.

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

Location

Rog Island is located at 65°02′58″S 64°02′45″W / 65.04944°S 64.04583°W / -65.04944; -64.04583, which is 1.47 km north of the west extremity of Booth Island, 653 m east of Revolver Island and 461 m south of Rollet Island. British mapping in 2001.

Maps

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Rog Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References

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