Kalmar Island facts for kids
 Kalmar Island
Location in Antarctica
Kalmar Island
Location in Antarctic Peninsula
Location of Kalmar Island
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 64°59′21″S 64°03′35″W / 64.98917°S 64.05972°W |
| Archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago |
| Area | 16.15 ha (39.9 acres) |
| Length | 1.12 km (0.696 mi) |
| Width | 245 m (804 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Kalmar Island (Bulgarian: остров Калмар, romanized: ostrov Kalmar) is the mostly ice-covered island 1.12 km long in west-southwest to east-northeast direction and 245 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 16.15 ha.
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a specimen of squid ('kalmar' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.
Location
Kalmar Island is located at 64°59′21″S 64°03′35″W / 64.98917°S 64.05972°W, which is 1.24 km northwest of Kosatka Island, and 7.27 km south of Knight Island and 7.33 km west-southwest of Kril Island in the Wauwermans Islands group. British mapping in 2001.
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