Bodloperka Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Bodloperka Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The partly ice-free island 688 m long in SSW-NNE direction and 473 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Surface area 22.43 ha. Situated 650 m NW of Stego Island, 2.3 km ESE of Skoba Island, 640 m SSE of Sprey Island and 175 m W of Tsankov Island.
So named because of its shape supposedly resembling an emperor angelfish ('bodloperka' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.
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