Kostenurka Island

Kostenurka Island

Kostenurka Island Location of Kostenurka Island Kostenurka Island Kostenurka Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°07′22″S 64°13′05″W
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	40.4 ha (100 acres)
Length	1.12 km (0.696 mi)
Width	537 m (1762 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Kostenurka Island (Bulgarian: остров Костенурка, romanized: ostrov Kostenurka, IPA: [ˈɔstrof kostɛˈnurkɐ]) is the mostly ice-covered island 1.12 km long in southwest–northeast direction and 537 m wide in the Vedel Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 40.4 ha.

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

Location

Kostenurka Island is located at 65°07′22″S 64°13′05″W, which is 3.77 km northwest of Hovgaard Island, 50 m northwest of Friedburginsel, 652 m east-southeast of Rak Island and 37 m south of Lapa 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

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

External links

• Kostenurka Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

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