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Padpadak Island (Bulgarian: остров Пъдпъдък, romanized: ostrov Padpadak, IPA: [ˈɔstrof pɤdpɤˈdɤk]) is the mostly ice-free island extending 442 m in southwest–northeast direction and 390 m in southeast–northwest direction in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 8.35 ha.[1]

Padpadak Island

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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°03′12″S 64°10′17″W
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	8.35 ha (20.6 acres)
Length	442 m (1450 ft)
Width	390 m (1280 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

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

Location

Padpadak Island is located at 65°03′12″S 64°10′17″W. It abuts Shut Island on the northeast, and is situated 62 m northwest of Sprey Island and 1.62 km east-northeast of Skoba 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

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

External links

• Padpadak Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

На других языках

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Padpadak Island (englisch; bulgarisch остров Пъдпъдък .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 Padpadak, deutsch ‚Wachtelinsel‘) ist eine größtenteils unvereiste, in südwest-nordöstlicher Ausrichtung 442 m lange und 390 m breite Insel in der Gruppe der Dannebrog-Inseln im Wilhelm-Archipel vor der Graham-Küste des Grahamlands auf der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Sie grenzt an Shut Island im Nordosten und liegt 62 m nordwestlich von Sprey Island sowie 1,62 km ostnordöstlich von Skoba Island.

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