Lamantin Island facts for kids
 Lamantin Island
Location in Antarctica
Lamantin Island
Location in Antarctic Peninsula
Location of Lamantin Island
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 65°01′21″S 64°07′56″W / 65.02250°S 64.13222°W |
| Archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago |
| Area | 15.8 ha (39 acres) |
| Length | 812 m (2,664 ft) |
| Width | 318 m (1,043 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Lamantin Island (Bulgarian: остров Ястреб, romanized: ostrov Lamantin) is the partly ice-free island 812 m long in southwest–northeast direction and 318 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 15.8 ha.
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a manatee ('lamantin' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.
Location
Lamantin Island is located at 65°01′21″S 64°07′56″W / 65.02250°S 64.13222°W, which is 135 m southwest of Tyulen Island, 1.66 km west-northwest of Meduza Island and 478 m northwest of Yastreb Island. British mapping in 2001.
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