Pate Island
Pate Island is located in Antarctica
Pate Island
Pate Island
Location of Pate Island
Pate Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Pate Island
Pate Island
Pate Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates65°07′56″S 64°14′05″W / 65.13222°S 64.23472°W / -65.13222; -64.23472
ArchipelagoWilhelm Archipelago
Area12.67 ha (31.3 acres)
Length667 m (2188 ft)
Width390 m (1280 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Pate Island (Bulgarian: остров Пате, romanized: ostrov Pate, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈpatɛ]) is the mostly ice-free rocky island 667 m long in west–east direction and 390 m wide in the Vedel Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 12.67 ha.[1]

The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a duckling ('pate' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.[1]

Location

Pate Island is located at 65°07′56″S 64°14′05″W / 65.13222°S 64.23472°W / -65.13222; -64.23472, which is 4.9 km northwest of Petermann Island, 160 m northeast of Kormoran Island, 1 km southeast of Bager Island and 105 m southwest of Friedburginsel. British mapping in 2001.

Maps

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Pate Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References

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


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