Pate Island (Wilhelm Archipelago)

Pate Island (Bulgarian: остров Пате, romanized: ostrov Pate, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈpatɛ]) is the mostly ice-free rocky island 667 m long in west–east direction and 390 m wide in the Vedel Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 12.67 ha.

Pate Island

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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°07′56″S 64°14′05″W
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	12.67 ha (31.3 acres)
Length	667 m (2188 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 duckling ('pate' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.

Location

Pate Island is located at 65°07′56″S 64°14′05″W, which is 4.9 km northwest of Petermann Island, 160 m northeast of Kormoran Island, 1 km southeast of Bager Island and 105 m southwest of Friedburginsel. 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

References

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

External links

• Pate Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

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