Tigan Island
Tigan Island is located in Antarctica
Tigan Island
Tigan Island
Location of Tigan Island
Tigan Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Tigan Island
Tigan Island
Tigan Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates65°02′00″S 64°08′00″W / 65.03333°S 64.13333°W / -65.03333; -64.13333
ArchipelagoWilhelm Archipelago
Area10.68 ha (26.4 acres)
Length750 m (2460 ft)
Width226 m (741 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Tigan Island (Bulgarian: остров Тиган, romanized: ostrov Tigan, IPA: [ˈɔstrof tiˈgan]) is the partly ice-free island 750 m long in west–east direction and 226 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 10.68 ha.[1]

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

Location

Tigan Island is located at 65°02′00″S 64°08′00″W / 65.03333°S 64.13333°W / -65.03333; -64.13333. It abuts Pegas Island on the south, and is situated 115 m south of Yastreb Island and 3 km northwest of Revolver Island. British mapping in 2001.

Maps

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Tigan 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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