Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 65°01′47″S 64°07′33″W / 65.02972°S 64.12583°W |
Archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago |
Area | 17.12 ha (42.3 acres) |
Length | 934 m (3064 ft) |
Width | 317 m (1040 ft) |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | uninhabited |
Yastreb Island (Bulgarian: остров Ястреб, romanized: ostrov Yastreb, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈjastrɛp]) 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°01′47″S 64°07′33″W / 65.02972°S 64.12583°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.
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.