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Meduza Island (Bulgarian: остров Медуза, romanized: ostrov Meduza, IPA: [ˈɔstrof mɛˈduzɐ]) is the partly ice-covered island extending 670 m in southwest–northeast direction and 434 m in north–south direction in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 11.9 ha.[1]

Meduza Island

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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°01′32″S 64°05′05″W
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	11.9 ha (29 acres)
Length	670 m (2200 ft)
Width	434 m (1424 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

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

Location

Meduza Island is located at 65°01′32″S 64°05′05″W, which is 3.18 km southwest of Kosatka Island, 509 m west-northwest of Greblo Island, 2.33 km northwest of Rollet Island, 1.26 km east-northeast of Yastreb Island and 1.4 km southeast of Tyulen 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

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

External links

• Meduza 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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Meduza Island (englisch; bulgarisch остров Медуза .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 Medusa, deutsch ‚Qualleninsel‘) ist eine teilweise vereiste, in südwest-nordöstlicher Ausrichtung 670 m lange und 434 m breite Insel in der Gruppe der Dannebrog-Inseln im Wilhelm-Archipel vor der Graham-Küste des Grahamlands auf der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Sie liegt 3,18 km südwestlich von Kosatka Island, 509 m westnordwestlich von Greblo Island, 2,33 km nordwestlich der Rollet-Insel, 1,26 km ostnordöstlich von Yastreb Island und 1,4 km südöstlich von Tyulen Island.

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