Akula Island facts for kids
 Akula Island
Location in Antarctica
Akula Island
Location in Antarctic Peninsula
Location of Akula Island
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 65°04′20″S 64°06′38″W / 65.07222°S 64.11056°W |
| Archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago |
| Area | 15.46 ha (38.2 acres) |
| Length | 915 m (3,002 ft) |
| Width | 274 m (899 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Akula Island (Bulgarian: остров Акула, romanized: ostrov Akula) 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.
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.
Location
Akula Island is located at 65°04′20″S 64°06′38″W / 65.07222°S 64.11056°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.
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