Kostilka Island

Kostilka Island

Kostilka Island Location of Kostilka Island Kostilka Island Kostilka Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°05′57″S 64°24′52″W
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	1.64 ha (4.1 acres)
Length	213 m (699 ft)
Width	137 m (449 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Kostilka Island (Bulgarian: остров Костилка, romanized: ostrov Kostilka, IPA: [ˈɔstrof kosˈtiɫkɐ]) is the rocky island 213 m long in west–east direction and 137 m wide in the Myriad Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 1.64 ha.

The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a fruit's stone ('kostilka' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.

Location

Kostilka Island is located at 65°05′57″S 64°24′52″W, which is 3.35 km northwest of Flank Island, 3.47 km southeast of Final Island, and 6.74 km west-northwest of Vedel Islands. 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

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

References

• Kostilka Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

• Kostilka Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

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