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Rak Island (Bulgarian: остров Рак, romanized: ostrov Rak, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈrak]) is the rocky island 615 m long in west–east direction and 200 m wide in the Vedel Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 6.87 ha.[1]

Rak Island

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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°07′17″S 64°14′52″W
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	6.87 ha (17.0 acres)
Length	615 m (2018 ft)
Width	200 m (700 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

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

Location

Rak Island is located at 65°07′17″S 64°14′52″W, which is 5.25 km west-northwest of Hovgaard Island, 652 m west-northwest of Kostenurka Island, 245 m northeast of Bager Island and 805 m west-southwest of Lapa 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

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

External links

• Rak 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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Rak Island (englisch; bulgarisch остров Рак .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 Rak, deutsch ‚Krabbeninsel‘) ist eine felsige, in west-östlicher Ausrichtung 615 m lange und 200 m breite Insel in der Gruppe der Vedel-Inseln im Wilhelm-Archipel vor der Graham-Küste des Grahamlands auf der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Sie liegt 5,25 km westnordwestlich der Krogmanninsel, 652 m westnordwestlich von Kostenurka Island, 245 m nordöstlich von Bager Island und 805 m westsüdwestlich von Lapa Island.

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