Bodloperka Island facts for kids
 Bodloperka Island
Location in Antarctica
Bodloperka Island
Location in Antarctic Peninsula
Location of Bodloperka Island
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 65°04′04″S 64°09′32″W / 65.06778°S 64.15889°W |
| Archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago |
| Area | 22.43 ha (55.4 acres) |
| Length | 688 m (2,257 ft) |
| Width | 473 m (1,552 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Bodloperka Island (Bulgarian: остров Бодлоперка, romanized: ostrov Bodloperka) is the partly ice-free island 688 m long in south-southwest to north-northeast direction and 473 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 22.43 ha.
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling an emperor angelfish ('bodloperka' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.
Location
Bodloperka Island is located at 65°04′04″S 64°09′32″W / 65.06778°S 64.15889°W, which is 650 m northwest of Stego Island, 2.3 km east-southeast of Skoba Island, 640 m south-southeast of Sprey Island and 175 m west of Tsankov Island. British mapping in 2001.
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