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Petrelik Island

Coordinates: 64°31′46″S 64°01′56″W / 64.52944°S 64.03222°W / -64.52944; -64.03222
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Petrelik Island
Petrelik Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Petrelik Island
Petrelik Island
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates64°31′46″S 64°01′56″W / 64.52944°S 64.03222°W / -64.52944; -64.03222
ArchipelagoPalmer Archipelago
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Petrelik Island (Bulgarian: остров Петрелик, romanizedostrov Petrelik, IPA: [ˈɔstrof pɛtrɛˈlik]) is a rocky island in the southwest part of Hamburg Bay on the northwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. The feature is 380 m long in southwest-northeast direction and 200 m wide, and is separated from Emen Island to the southeast by a 160 m wide passage.

The island is named after the settlement of Petrelik in Southwestern Bulgaria.

Location

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Petrelik Island is located at 64°31′46″S 64°01′56″W / 64.52944°S 64.03222°W / -64.52944; -64.03222, 10.34 km northeast of Gerlache Point and 8.85 km southwest of Bonnier Point. British mapping in 1974.

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