Tigan Island facts for kids
 Tigan Island
Location in Antarctica
Tigan Island
Location in Antarctic Peninsula
Location of Tigan Island
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 65°02′00″S 64°08′00″W / 65.03333°S 64.13333°W |
| Archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago |
| Area | 10.68 ha (26.4 acres) |
| Length | 750 m (2,460 ft) |
| Width | 226 m (741 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Tigan Island (Bulgarian: остров Тиган, romanized: ostrov Tigan) is the partly ice-free island 750 m long in west–east direction and 226 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 10.68 ha.
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a frying pan ('tigan' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.
Location
Tigan Island is located at 65°02′00″S 64°08′00″W / 65.03333°S 64.13333°W. It abuts Pegas Island on the south, and is situated 115 m south of Yastreb Island and 3 km northwest of Revolver Island. British mapping in 2001.
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