Petrelik Island

Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica

64°31′46″S 64°01′56″W / 64.52944°S 64.03222°W / -64.52944; -64.03222ArchipelagoPalmer ArchipelagoAdministrationAdministered under the Antarctic Treaty SystemDemographicsPopulationUninhabited

Petrelik Island (Bulgarian: остров Петрелик, romanized: ostrov Petrelik, IPA: [ˈɔstrof pɛtrɛˈlik]) is a rocky island in the southwest part of Hamburg Bay on the northwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. The feature is 380 m long in southwest-northeast direction and 200 m wide, and is separated from Emen Island to the southeast by a 160 m wide passage.

The island is named after the settlement of Petrelik in Southwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Petrelik Island is located at 64°31′46″S 64°01′56″W / 64.52944°S 64.03222°W / -64.52944; -64.03222, 10.34 km northeast of Gerlache Point and 8.85 km southwest of Bonnier Point. British mapping in 1974.

Maps

Anvers Island and Brabant Island. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. BAS 250 Series, Sheet SQ 19-20/3&4. London, 1974.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
Petrelik Island. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.