Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 65°07′28″S 64°15′53″W / 65.12444°S 64.26472°W |
Archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago |
Area | 21 ha (52 acres) |
Length | 963 m (3159 ft) |
Width | 373 m (1224 ft) |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | uninhabited |
Bager Island (Bulgarian: остров Багер, romanized: ostrov Bager, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈbagɛr]) is the rocky island 963 m long in west–east direction and 373 m wide in the Vedel Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 21 ha.[1]
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling an excavator (‘bager' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.[1]
Bager Island is located at 65°07′28″S 64°15′53″W / 65.12444°S 64.26472°W, which is 245 m southwest of Rak Island, 5.77 km west by north of Hovgaard Island, 436 m north of Klamer Island, and 3.78 km east-southeast of Flank Island in the Myriad Islands group. British mapping in 2001.