Skoba Island

Skoba Island
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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°03′33″S 64°12′37″W / 65.05917°S 64.21028°W
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	2.8 ha (6.9 acres)
Length	416 m (1365 ft)
Width	176 m (577 ft)
Administration
	Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Skoba Island (Bulgarian: остров Скоба, romanized: ostrov Skoba, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈskɔbɐ]) comprises four abutting rocky islets 416 m long in south–north direction and 176 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 2.8 ha.^[1]

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

Location[]

Skoba Island is located at

65°03′33″S 64°12′37″W / 65.05917°S 64.21028°WCoordinates:

65°03′33″S 64°12′37″W / 65.05917°S 64.21028°W, which is 1.64 km west of Sprey Island, 6 km north of Lapa Island in the Vedel Islands group, and 9.3 km northeast of Flank Island in the Myriad 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 Skoba Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References[]

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

External links[]

Skoba 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] Skoba Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

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