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Padpadak Island

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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°03′12″S 64°10′17″W / 65.05333°S 64.17139°W / -65.05333; -64.17139
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	8.35 ha (20.6 acres)
Length	442 m (1,450 ft)
Width	390 m (1,280 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Padpadak Island (Bulgarian: остров Пъдпъдък, romanized: ostrov Padpadak) is the mostly ice-free island extending 442 m in southwest–northeast direction and 390 m in southeast–northwest direction in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 8.35 ha.

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

Location

Padpadak Island is located at 65°03′12″S 64°10′17″W / 65.05333°S 64.17139°W / -65.05333; -64.17139. It abuts Shut Island on the northeast, and is situated 62 m northwest of Sprey Island and 1.62 km east-northeast of Skoba Island. British mapping in 2001.

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