Yastreb Island facts for kids
 Yastreb Island
Location in Antarctica
Yastreb Island
Location in Antarctic Peninsula
Location of Yastreb Island
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 65°01′47″S 64°07′33″W / 65.02972°S 64.12583°W |
| Archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago |
| Area | 17.12 ha (42.3 acres) |
| Length | 934 m (3,064 ft) |
| Width | 317 m (1,040 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Yastreb Island (Bulgarian: остров Ястреб, romanized: ostrov Yastreb) is the mostly ice-covered island 934 m long in west-southwest to east-northeast direction and 317 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 17.12 ha.
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a hawk ('yastreb' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.
Location
Yastreb Island is located at 65°01′47″S 64°07′33″W / 65.02972°S 64.12583°W, which is 478 m southeast of Lamantin Island, 1.26 km west-southwest of Meduza Island and 115 m north of Tigan Island. British mapping in 2001.
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