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| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 64°58′01″S 63°52′54″W / 64.96694°S 63.88167°W / -64.96694; -63.88167 |
| Archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago |
| Area | 29.55 ha (73.0 acres) |
| Length | 1.71 km (1.063 mi) |
| Width | 377 m (1237 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Zherav Island (Bulgarian: остров Жерав, romanized: ostrov Zherav, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈʒɛrɐf]) is a mostly ice-covered island in the Wauwermans Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. It is 1.71 km long (measured west-southwest to east-northeast) and 377 m wide; its surface area is 29.55 ha.
Zherav Island is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a common crane in flight ('zherav' is the Bulgarian for that bird) and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.
Location
According to British mapping in 2001, Zherav Island is located at 64°58′23″S 63°52′58″W / 64.97306°S 63.88278°W / -64.97306; -63.88278, which is 3.55 km south-southeast of Host Island, 4 km west of Brown Island, 194 m north of Kril Island, 7.19 km north-northwest of False Cape Renard on Graham Land, and 5.74 km northeast of Mishka Island in the Dannebrog Islands group.
Maps
- British Admiralty Nautical Chart 446 Anvers Island to Renaud Island. Scale 1:150000. Admiralty, UK Hydrographic Office, 2001
- Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
See also
Notes
- ^ Zherav Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
References
- Zherav Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Zherav Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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