Sprey Island

Island in Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica

65°03′24″S 64°09′55″W / 65.05667°S 64.16528°W / -65.05667; -64.16528ArchipelagoWilhelm ArchipelagoArea27.94 ha (69.0 acres)Length1.23 km (0.764 mi)Width460 m (1510 ft)AdministrationAdministered under the Antarctic Treaty SystemDemographicsPopulationuninhabited

Sprey Island (Bulgarian: остров Спрей, romanized: ostrov Sprey, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈsprɛj]) is the mostly ice-covered island 1.23 km long in southwest–northeast direction and 460 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 27.94 ha.[1]

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

Location

Sprey Island is located at 65°03′24″S 64°09′55″W / 65.05667°S 64.16528°W / -65.05667; -64.16528, which is 124 m south of Shut Island, 2.4 km west-northwest of Taralezh Island, 640 m north-northwest of Bodloperka Island and 1.64 km east of Skoba Island. 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

Notes

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

References

  • Sprey Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

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


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