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Hoatsin Island

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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°02′22″S 64°09′07″W / 65.03944°S 64.15194°W / -65.03944; -64.15194
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	16.85 ha (41.6 acres)
Length	795 m (2,608 ft)
Width	360 m (1,180 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Hoatsin Island (Bulgarian: остров Хоацин, romanized: ostrov Hoatsin) is the mostly ice-free island 795 m long in southeast–northwest direction and 360 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 16.85 ha.

The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a hoatzin bird ('hoatsin' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.

Location

Hoatsin Island is located at 65°02′22″S 64°09′07″W / 65.03944°S 64.15194°W / -65.03944; -64.15194, which is 65 m southwest of Pegas Island, 2.8 km northwest of Taralezh Island and 815 m north-northeast of Shut Island. British mapping in 2001.

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