Yastreb Island | |
Map: | Antarctica#Antarctic Peninsula |
Map Relief: | yes |
Location: | Antarctica |
Coordinates: | -65.0297°N -64.1258°W |
Archipelago: | Wilhelm Archipelago |
Area Ha: | 17.12 |
Length M: | 934 |
Width M: | 317 |
Population: | uninhabited |
Country: | None |
Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
Yastreb Island (bg|остров Ястреб|ostrov Yastreb, pronounced as /bg/) is the mostly ice-covered island 934 m long in west-southwest to east-northeast direction and 317 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 17.12 ha.[1]
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a hawk ('yastreb' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.[1]
Yastreb Island is located at -65.0297°N -64.1258°W, which is 478 m southeast of Lamantin Island, 1.26 km west-southwest of Meduza Island and 115 m north of Tigan Island. British mapping in 2001.