Kormoran Island

Kormoran Island

Kormoran Island Location of Kormoran Island Kormoran Island Kormoran Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°08′17″S 64°14′50″W
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	36.7 ha (91 acres)
Length	848 m (2782 ft)
Width	705 m (2313 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Kormoran Island (Bulgarian: остров Корморан, romanized: ostrov Kormoran, IPA: [ˈɔstrof kormoˈran]) is the mostly ice-free rocky island extending 848 m in south–north direction and 705 m in west–east direction in the Vedel Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 36.7 ha.

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

Location

Kormoran Island is located 4.72 km northwest of Petermann Island, 80 m southeast of Kamera Island and 160 m southwest of Pate Island. 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

See also

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

References

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

External links

• Kormoran Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

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