Lamya Island | |
Map: | Antarctica#Antarctic Peninsula |
Map Relief: | yes |
Location: | Antarctica |
Coordinates: | -65.0842°N -64.1119°W |
Archipelago: | Wilhelm Archipelago |
Area Ha: | 45.72 |
Length Km: | 1.56 |
Width M: | 630 |
Population: | uninhabited |
Country: | None |
Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
Lamya Island (bg|остров Ламя|ostrov Lamya, pronounced as /bg/) is the partly ice-free island 1.56 km long in west–east direction and 630 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 45.72 ha.[1]
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a lamya, monster creature in Bulgarian mythology, and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.[1]
Lamya Island is located at -65.0842°N -64.1119°W, which is 85 m south of Elisabethinsel, 2.76 km southwest of the west extremity of Booth Island and 2.33 km north of Peperuda Island. British mapping in 2001.