| Akula Island | |
| Map: | Antarctica#Antarctic Peninsula |
| Location: | Antarctica |
| Coordinates: | -65.0722°N -64.1106°W |
| Archipelago: | Wilhelm Archipelago |
| Area Ha: | 15.46 |
| Length M: | 915 |
| Width M: | 274 |
| Population: | uninhabited |
| Country: | None |
| Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
Akula Island (bg|остров Акула|ostrov Akula, pronounced as /bg/) is the mostly ice-covered island 915 m long in west–east direction and 274 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 15.46 ha.[1]
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a shark ('akula' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.[1]
Akula Island is located at -65.0722°N -64.1106°W, which is 46 m north of Elisabethinsel, 100 m southeast of Stego Island, 480 m south of Spatnik Island and 2.43 km west-southwest of the west extremity of Booth Island. British mapping in 2001.