Peperuda Island | |
Map: | Antarctica#Antarctic Peninsula |
Map Relief: | yes |
Location: | Antarctica |
Coordinates: | -65.1067°N -64.0833°W |
Archipelago: | Wilhelm Archipelago |
Area Ha: | 9.51 |
Length M: | 592 |
Width M: | 309 |
Population: | uninhabited |
Country: | None |
Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
Peperuda Island (bg|остров Пеперуда|ostrov Peperuda, pronounced as /bg/) is the mostly ice-free island 592 m long in west-southwest to east-northeast direction and 309 m wide in the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 9.51 ha.[1]
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a butterfly ('peperuda' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.[1]
Peperuda Island is located at -65.1067°N -64.0833°W, which is 25 m north of Hovgaard Island, 150 m west of Pléneau Island, and 2.33 km south of Lamya Island in the Dannebrog Islands group. British mapping in 2001.