Bager Island

Bager Island

Bager Island Location of Bager Island Bager Island Bager Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°07′28″S 64°15′53″W
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	21 ha (52 acres)
Length	963 m (3159 ft)
Width	373 m (1224 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Bager Island (Bulgarian: остров Багер, romanized: ostrov Bager, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈbagɛr]) is the rocky island 963 m long in west–east direction and 373 m wide in the Vedel Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 21 ha.

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

Location

Bager Island is located at 65°07′28″S 64°15′53″W, which is 245 m southwest of Rak Island, 5.77 km west by north of Hovgaard Island, 436 m north of Klamer Island, and 3.78 km east-southeast of Flank Island in the Myriad Islands group. British mapping in 2001.

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

References

• Bager Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

• Bager Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

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