Emen Island facts for kids
Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 64°32′03″S 64°01′14″W / 64.53417°S 64.02056°W |
Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
Emen Island (Bulgarian: остров Емен, romanized: ostrov Emen) 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 920 m long in southeast-northwest direction and 580 m wide, and is separated from Anvers Island to the south and Petrelik Island to the northwest by 570 m and 160 m wide passages respectively.
The island is named after the village of Emen in Bulgaria.
Location
Emen Island is located at 64°32′03″S 64°01′14″W / 64.53417°S 64.02056°W, 10.45 km northeast of Gerlache Point and 8.77 km southwest of Bonnier Point. British mapping in 1974.
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