Akula Island

Akula Island (Bulgarian: остров Акула, romanized: ostrov Akula, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ɐˈkuɫɐ]) is the mostly ice-covered island 915 m long in west–east direction and 274 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 15.46 ha.[1]

Akula Island

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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°04′20″S 64°06′38″W
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	15.46 ha (38.2 acres)
Length	915 m (3002 ft)
Width	274 m (899 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a shark ('akula' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.[1]

Location

Akula Island is located at 65°04′20″S 64°06′38″W, which is 46 m north of Elisabethinsel, 100 m southeast of Stego Island, 480 m south of Spatnik Island and 2.43 km west-southwest of the west extremity of Booth Island. 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

1. Akula Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References

• Akula Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

• Akula Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.