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Kamera Island (Bulgarian: остров Камера, romanized: ostrov Kamera, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈkamɛrɐ]) is the mostly ice-covered island 778 m long in southwest–northeast direction and 278 m wide in the Vedel Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 10.75 ha.[1]

Kamera Island

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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°07′58″S 64°15′26″W
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	10.75 ha (26.6 acres)
Length	778 m (2552 ft)
Width	278 m (912 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

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

Location

Kamera Island is located at 65°07′58″S 64°15′26″W, which is 5.6 km northwest of Petermann Island, 80 m northwest of Kormoran Island, 40 m southeast of Klamer Island and 378 m west of Pate 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

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

External links

• Kamera 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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Kamera Island (englisch; bulgarisch остров Камера .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}ostrow Kamera, deutsch ‚Kamerainsel‘) ist eine größtenteils vereiste, in südwest-nordöstlicher Ausrichtung 778 m lange und 278 m breite Insel in der Gruppe der Vedel-Inseln im Wilhelm-Archipel vor der Graham-Küste des Grahamlands auf der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Sie liegt 5,6 km nordwestlich der Petermann-Insel, 80 m nordwestlich von Kormoran Island, 40 m südöstlich von Klamer Island und 378 m westlich von Pate Island.

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