Bodloperka Island | |
Map: | Antarctica#Antarctic Peninsula |
Map Relief: | yes |
Location: | Antarctica |
Coordinates: | -65.0678°N -64.1589°W |
Archipelago: | Wilhelm Archipelago |
Area Ha: | 22.43 |
Length M: | 688 |
Width M: | 473 |
Population: | uninhabited |
Country: | None |
Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
Bodloperka Island (bg|остров Бодлоперка|ostrov Bodloperka, pronounced as /bg/) is the partly ice-free island 688 m long in south-southwest to north-northeast direction and 473 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 22.43 ha.[1]
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling an emperor angelfish ('bodloperka' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.[1]
Bodloperka Island is located at -65.0678°N -64.1589°W, which is 650 m northwest of Stego Island, 2.3 km east-southeast of Skoba Island, 640 m south-southeast of Sprey Island and 175 m west of Tsankov Island. British mapping in 2001.