Kalmar Island | |
Map: | Antarctica#Antarctic Peninsula |
Map Relief: | yes |
Location: | Antarctica |
Coordinates: | -64.9892°N -64.0597°W |
Archipelago: | Wilhelm Archipelago |
Area Ha: | 16.15 |
Length Km: | 1.12 |
Width M: | 245 |
Population: | uninhabited |
Country: | None |
Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
Kalmar Island (bg|остров Калмар|ostrov Kalmar, pronounced as /bg/) is the mostly ice-covered island 1.12 km long in west-southwest to east-northeast direction and 245 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 16.15 ha.[1]
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a specimen of squid ('kalmar' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.[1]
Kalmar Island is located at -64.9892°N -64.0597°W, which is 1.24 km northwest of Kosatka Island, and 7.27 km south of Knight Island and 7.33 km west-southwest of Kril Island in the Wauwermans Islands group. British mapping in 2001.