- Source: Peperuda Island
Peperuda Island (Bulgarian: остров Пеперуда, romanized: ostrov Peperuda, IPA: [ˈɔstrof pɛpɛˈrudɐ]) 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.
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.
Location
Peperuda Island is located at 65°06′24″S 64°05′00″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.
Maps
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
List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
Notes
References
Peperuda Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
Peperuda Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.