Rog Island
Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 65°02′58″S 64°02′45″W / 65.04944°S 64.04583°W |
Archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago |
Area | 5.06 ha (12.5 acres) |
Length | 557 m (1827 ft) |
Width | 208 m (682 ft) |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | uninhabited |
Rog Island (Bulgarian: остров Рог, romanized: ostrov Rog, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈrɔk]) is the partly ice-free island 557 m long in west–east direction and 208 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 5.06 ha.[1]
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling an animal horn ('rog' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.[1]
Location
[edit]Rog Island is located at 65°02′58″S 64°02′45″W / 65.04944°S 64.04583°W, which is 1.47 km north of the west extremity of Booth Island, 653 m east of Revolver Island and 461 m south of Rollet Island. British mapping in 2001.
Maps
[edit]- British Admiralty Nautical Chart 446 Anvers Island to Renaud Island. Scale 1:150000. Admiralty, UK Hydrographic Office, 2001
- Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b Rog Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
References
[edit]- Rog Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
[edit]- Rog Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.