Raketa Island facts for kids
 Raketa Island
Location in Antarctica
Raketa Island
Location in Antarctic Peninsula
Location of Raketa Island
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 65°01′37″S 64°03′41″W / 65.02694°S 64.06139°W |
| Archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago |
| Area | 5.18 ha (12.8 acres) |
| Length | 511 m (1,677 ft) |
| Width | 177 m (581 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Raketa Island (Bulgarian: остров Ракета, romanized: ostrov Raketa) is the mostly ice-covered island 511 m long in west–east direction and 177 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 5.18 ha.
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a trailer mounted rocket ('raketa' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.
Location
Raketa Island is located at 65°01′37″S 64°03′41″W / 65.02694°S 64.06139°W, which is 4 km north by west of the west extremity of Booth Island, 540 m southeast of Meduza Island, 2.96 km south-southwest of Kosatka Island and 1.61 km northwest of Rollet Island. British mapping in 2001.
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