Sprey Island facts for kids
 Sprey Island
Location in Antarctica
Sprey Island
Location in Antarctic Peninsula
Location of Sprey Island
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 65°03′24″S 64°09′55″W / 65.05667°S 64.16528°W |
| Archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago |
| Area | 27.94 ha (69.0 acres) |
| Length | 1.23 km (0.764 mi) |
| Width | 460 m (1,510 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Sprey Island (Bulgarian: остров Спрей, romanized: ostrov Sprey) is the mostly ice-covered island 1.23 km long in southwest–northeast direction and 460 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 27.94 ha.
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a spray bottle ('sprey' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.
Location
Sprey Island is located at 65°03′24″S 64°09′55″W / 65.05667°S 64.16528°W, which is 124 m south of Shut Island, 2.4 km west-northwest of Taralezh Island, 640 m north-northwest of Bodloperka Island and 1.64 km east of Skoba Island. British mapping in 2001.
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