Zherav Island
Zherav Island is located in Antarctica
Zherav Island
Zherav Island
Location of Zherav Island
Zherav Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Zherav Island
Zherav Island
Zherav Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates64°58′01″S 63°52′54″W / 64.96694°S 63.88167°W / -64.96694; -63.88167
ArchipelagoWilhelm Archipelago
Area29.55 ha (73.0 acres)
Length1.71 km (1.063 mi)
Width377 m (1237 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Zherav Island (Bulgarian: остров Жерав, romanized: ostrov Zherav, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈʒɛrɐf]) is a mostly ice-covered island in the Wauwermans Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. It is 1.71 km long (measured west-southwest to east-northeast) and 377 m wide; its surface area is 29.55 ha.[1]

Zherav Island is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a common crane in flight ('zherav' is the Bulgarian for that bird) and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.[1]

Location

According to British mapping in 2001, Zherav Island is located at 64°58′23″S 63°52′58″W / 64.97306°S 63.88278°W / -64.97306; -63.88278, which is 3.55 km south-southeast of Host Island, 4 km west of Brown Island, 194 m north of Kril Island, 7.19 km north-northwest of False Cape Renard on Graham Land, and 5.74 km northeast of Mishka Island in the Dannebrog Islands group.

Maps

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Zherav 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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