Padpadak Island

Padpadak Island
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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°03′12″S 64°10′17″W / 65.05333°S 64.17139°W
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	8.35 ha (20.6 acres)
Length	442 m (1450 ft)
Width	390 m (1280 ft)
Administration
	Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Padpadak Island (Bulgarian: остров Пъдпъдък, romanized: ostrov Padpadak, IPA: [ˈɔstrof pɤdpɤˈdɤk]) is the mostly ice-free island extending 442 m in southwest–northeast direction and 390 m in southeast–northwest direction in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 8.35 ha.^[1]

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

Location[]

Padpadak Island is located at

65°03′12″S 64°10′17″W / 65.05333°S 64.17139°WCoordinates:

65°03′12″S 64°10′17″W / 65.05333°S 64.17139°W. It abuts Shut Island on the northeast, and is situated 62 m northwest of Sprey Island and 1.62 km east-northeast of Skoba Island. 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 Padpadak Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References[]

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

External links[]

Padpadak 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] Padpadak Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

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