Rog Island facts for kids
 Rog Island
Location in Antarctica
Rog Island
Location in Antarctic Peninsula
Location of Rog Island
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 65°02′58″S 64°02′45″W / 65.04944°S 64.04583°W |
| Archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago |
| Area | 5.06 ha (12.5 acres) |
| Length | 557 m (1,827 ft) |
| Width | 208 m (682 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Rog Island (Bulgarian: остров Рог, romanized: ostrov Rog) is the partly ice-free island 557 m long in west–east direction and 208 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 5.06 ha.
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling an animal horn ('rog' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.
Location
Rog Island is located at 65°02′58″S 64°02′45″W / 65.04944°S 64.04583°W, which is 1.47 km north of the west extremity of Booth Island, 653 m east of Revolver Island and 461 m south of Rollet Island. British mapping in 2001.
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