Friedburginsel (Friedburg Island) is the partly ice-free island 1.66 km long in southwest–northeast direction and 653 m wide in the Vedel Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 51.14 ha.

Friedburginsel

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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°07′35″S 64°12′40″W
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	51.14 ha (126.4 acres)
Length	1.66 km (1.031 mi)
Width	653 m (2142 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

First published by August Petermann in 1875. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition 1873-74 under Eduard Dallmann.[1]

Location

Friedburginsel is located at 65°07′35″S 64°12′40″W, which is 3.2 km west-northwest of Hovgaard Island, 105 m northeast of Pate Island and 50 m southeast of Kostenurka 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

See also

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

Notes

References

• Friedburginsel. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer

External links

• Friedburginsel. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

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