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Lamantin Island
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Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates65°01′21″S 64°07′56″W / 65.02250°S 64.13222°W / -65.02250; -64.13222
ArchipelagoWilhelm Archipelago
Area15.8 ha (39 acres)
Length812 m (2664 ft)
Width318 m (1043 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Lamantin Island (Bulgarian: остров Ястреб, romanizedostrov 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.

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.

Location

Lamantin Island is located at 65°01′21″S 64°07′56″W / 65.02250°S 64.13222°W / -65.02250; -64.13222, 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. ^ Yastreb Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References

External links

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


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