Sprey Island

Sprey Island (Bulgarian: остров Спрей, romanized: ostrov Sprey, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈsprɛj]) is the mostly ice-covered island 1.23 km long in southwest–northeast direction and 460 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 27.94 ha.[1]

Sprey Island

Sprey Island Location of Sprey Island Sprey Island Sprey Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°03′24″S 64°09′55″W
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	27.94 ha (69.0 acres)
Length	1.23 km (0.764 mi)
Width	460 m (1510 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

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

Location

Sprey Island is located at 65°03′24″S 64°09′55″W, which is 124 m south of Shut Island, 2.4 km west-northwest of Taralezh Island, 640 m north-northwest of Bodloperka Island and 1.64 km east of Skoba 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. Sprey Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References

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

External links

• Sprey Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

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