Petrelik Island facts for kids
 Petrelik Island
Location in Antarctic Peninsula
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 64°31′46″S 64°01′56″W / 64.52944°S 64.03222°W |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Petrelik Island (Bulgarian: остров Петрелик, romanized: ostrov Petrelik) is a rocky island in the southwest part of Hamburg Bay on the northwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. The feature is 380 m long in southwest-northeast direction and 200 m wide, and is separated from Emen Island to the southeast by a 160 m wide passage.
The island is named after the settlement of Petrelik in Southwestern Bulgaria.
Location
Petrelik Island is located at 64°31′46″S 64°01′56″W / 64.52944°S 64.03222°W, 10.34 km northeast of Gerlache Point and 8.85 km southwest of Bonnier Point. British mapping in 1974.
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