Name details

Hoatsin Island

Hoatsin Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Hoatsin Island  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 140138

Feature type: Island

Origin

This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

The mostly ice-free island 795 m long in SE-NW direction and 360 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Surface area 16.85 ha. Situated 65 m SW of Pegas Island, 2.8 km NW of Taralezh Island and 815 m NNE of Shut Island.

Named For

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.

Location

Latitude:
65° 02' 22.0" S
-65.03944°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
64° 09' 07.0" W
-64.15194°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
NULL
Source Identifier:
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Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
NULL
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

NULL

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
17-Apr-2020

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