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Kril Island (Bulgarian: остров Крил, romanized: ostrov Kril, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈkriɫ]) is the mostly ice-covered island 1.2 km long in southwest–northeast direction and 310 m wide in the Wauwermans Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 24.92 ha.[1]

Kril Island

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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	64°58′23″S 63°52′58″W
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	24.92 ha (61.6 acres)
Length	1.2 km (0.75 mi)
Width	310 m (1020 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

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

Location

Kril Island is located 4.15 km south-southeast of Host Island, 275 m northwest of Lobel Island, 6.62 km north-northwest of False Cape Renard on Graham Land, and 5.55 km northeast of Mishka Island in the Dannebrog 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

See also

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

Notes

References

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

External links

• Kril 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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Kril Island (englisch; bulgarisch остров Крил .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 Kril, deutsch ‚Krillinsel‘) ist eine größtenteils vereiste, in südwest-nordöstlicher Ausrichtung 1,2 km lange und 310 m breite Insel in der Gruppe der Wauwermans-Inseln im Wilhelm-Archipel vor der Graham-Küste des Grahamlands auf der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Sie liegt 4,15 km südsüdöstlich von Host Island, 275 m nordwestlich von Lobel Island, 6,62 km nordnordwestlich des False Cape Renard und 5,55 km nordöstlich von Mishka Island (Dannebrog-Inseln).

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