Kormoran Island facts for kids
 Kormoran Island
Location in Antarctica
Kormoran Island
Location in Antarctic Peninsula
Location of Kormoran Island
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 65°08′17″S 64°14′50″W / 65.13806°S 64.24722°W |
| Archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago |
| Area | 36.7 ha (91 acres) |
| Length | 848 m (2,782 ft) |
| Width | 705 m (2,313 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Kormoran Island (Bulgarian: остров Корморан, romanized: ostrov Kormoran) is the mostly ice-free rocky island extending 848 m in south–north direction and 705 m in west–east direction in the Vedel Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 36.7 ha.
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a cormorant ('kormoran' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.
Location
Kormoran Island is located at 65°08′17″S 64°14′50″W / 65.13806°S 64.24722°W, which is 4.72 km northwest of Petermann Island, 80 m southeast of Kamera Island and 160 m southwest of Pate Island. British mapping in 2001.
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