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Hoatsin Island

Coordinates: 65°02′22″S 64°09′07″W / 65.03944°S 64.15194°W / -65.03944; -64.15194
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Hoatsin Island
Hoatsin Island is located in Antarctica
Hoatsin Island
Hoatsin Island
Location of Hoatsin Island
Hoatsin Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Hoatsin Island
Hoatsin Island
Hoatsin Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates65°02′22″S 64°09′07″W / 65.03944°S 64.15194°W / -65.03944; -64.15194
ArchipelagoWilhelm Archipelago
Area16.85 ha (41.6 acres)
Length795 m (2608 ft)
Width360 m (1180 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Hoatsin Island (Bulgarian: остров Хоацин, romanizedostrov Hoatsin, IPA: [ˈɔstrof hoɐˈt͡sin]) 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

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Hoatsin Island is located at 65°02′22″S 64°09′07″W / 65.03944°S 64.15194°W / -65.03944; -64.15194, 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.

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Hoatsin Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References

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