Mechka Island

Mechka Island
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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°00′17″S 64°00′10″W / 65.00472°S 64.00278°W
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	15.9 ha (39 acres)
Length	875 m (2871 ft)
Width	350 m (1150 ft)
Administration
	Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Mechka Island (Bulgarian: остров Мечка, romanized: ostrov Mechka, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈmɛt͡ʃkɐ]) is the mostly ice-covered island extending 875 m in southwest–northeast direction and 350 m in south–north direction in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 15.9 ha.^[1]

The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a bear ('mechka' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.^[1]

Location[]

Mechka Island is located at

65°00′17″S 64°00′10″W / 65.00472°S 64.00278°WCoordinates:

65°00′17″S 64°00′10″W / 65.00472°S 64.00278°W, which is 4.96 km north-northwest of Booth Island, 3.12 km northeast of Raketa Island, 50 m south of Mishka Island, and 5.6 km southwest of Kril Island in the Wauwermans Islands group. British mapping in 2001.

Maps[]

British Admiralty Nautical Chart 446 Anvers Island to Renaud Island. Scale 1:150000. Admiralty, UK Hydrographic Office, 2001
Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b Mechka Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References[]

Mechka Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links[]

Mechka Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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[CGA-1] Mechka Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

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