Английская Википедия:Hoatsin Island
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox islands Hoatsin Island (Шаблон:Lang-bg, Шаблон:IPA-bg) is the mostly ice-free island 795 m long in southeast–northwest direction and 360 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 16.85 ha.[1]
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a hoatzin bird ('hoatsin' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.[1]
Location
Hoatsin Island is located at Шаблон:Coord, which is 65 m southwest of Pegas Island, 2.8 km northwest of Taralezh Island and 815 m north-northeast of Shut 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
Notes
References
- Hoatsin Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Hoatsin Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image
Шаблон:Bulgarian-named Antarctic place
Шаблон:WilhelmArchipelago-geo-stub
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Hoatsin Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
