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Pate Island

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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°07′56″S 64°14′05″W / 65.13222°S 64.23472°W / -65.13222; -64.23472
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	12.67 ha (31.3 acres)
Length	667 m (2,188 ft)
Width	390 m (1,280 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Pate Island (Bulgarian: остров Пате, romanized: ostrov Pate) is the mostly ice-free rocky island 667 m long in west–east direction and 390 m wide in the Vedel Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 12.67 ha.

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

Location

Pate Island is located at 65°07′56″S 64°14′05″W / 65.13222°S 64.23472°W / -65.13222; -64.23472, which is 4.9 km northwest of Petermann Island, 160 m northeast of Kormoran Island, 1 km southeast of Bager Island and 105 m southwest of Friedburginsel. British mapping in 2001.

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