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 Vetrilo Rocks
Location in Antarctica
Vetrilo Rocks
Location in Antarctic Peninsula
Location of Vetrilo Rocks
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 64°56′57″S 64°00′26″W / 64.94917°S 64.00722°W |
| Archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago |
| Area | 27 ha (67 acres) |
| Length | 970 m (3,180 ft) |
| Width | 485 m (1,591 ft) |
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| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Vetrilo Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Ветрило, romanized: skali Vetrilo) is the group of rocks lying in an aquatory of 27 ha that extends 970 m in west-southwest to east-northeast direction and 485 m in south-southeast to north-northwest direction in the Wauwermans Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Their surface area is 27 ha.
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a hand fan ('vetrilo' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.
Location
Vetrilo Rocks are centred at 64°56′57″S 64°00′26″W / 64.94917°S 64.00722°W, which is 3.18 km south of Host Island, 5.55 km west-northwest of Zherav Island, 2.11 km north of the midpoint of Yato Rocks, and 4.7 km northeast of Kalmar Island in the Dannebrog Islands group. British mapping in 2001.
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