Peperuda Island

Peperuda Island
Peperuda Island
Location of Peperuda Island
Peperuda Island
Peperuda Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates65°06′24″S 64°05′00″W / 65.10667°S 64.08333°W / -65.10667; -64.08333
ArchipelagoWilhelm Archipelago
Area9.51 ha (23.5 acres)
Length592 m (1942 ft)
Width309 m (1014 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Peperuda Island (Bulgarian: остров Пеперуда, romanized: ostrov Peperuda, IPA: [ˈɔstrof pɛpɛˈrudɐ]) is the mostly ice-free island 592 m long in west-southwest to east-northeast direction and 309 m wide in the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 9.51 ha.

The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a butterfly ('peperuda' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.