Lamantin Island | |
Map: | Antarctica#Antarctic Peninsula |
Map Relief: | yes |
Location: | Antarctica |
Coordinates: | -65.0225°N -64.1322°W |
Archipelago: | Wilhelm Archipelago |
Area Ha: | 15.8 |
Length M: | 812 |
Width M: | 318 |
Population: | uninhabited |
Country: | None |
Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
Lamantin Island (bg|остров Ястреб|ostrov Lamantin, pronounced as /bg/) is the partly ice-free island 812 m long in southwest–northeast direction and 318 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 15.8 ha.[1]
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a manatee ('lamantin' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.[1]
Lamantin Island is located at -65.0225°N -64.1322°W, which is 135 m southwest of Tyulen Island, 1.66 km west-northwest of Meduza Island and 478 m northwest of Yastreb Island. British mapping in 2001.