Английская Википедия:Akula Island
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox islands Akula Island (Шаблон:Lang-bg, Шаблон:IPA-bg) is the mostly ice-covered island 915 m long in west–east direction and 274 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 15.46 ha.[1]
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a shark ('akula' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.[1]
Location
Akula Island is located at Шаблон:Coord, which is 46 m north of Elisabethinsel, 100 m southeast of Stego Island, 480 m south of Spatnik Island and 2.43 km west-southwest of the west extremity of Booth 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. Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
See also
Notes
References
- Akula Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Akula Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image
Шаблон:Bulgarian-named Antarctic place
Шаблон:WilhelmArchipelago-geo-stub
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Akula Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
