Spatnik Island
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 65°03′55″S 64°06′28″W / 65.06528°S 64.10778°W |
| Archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago |
| Area | 6.62 ha (16.4 acres) |
| Length | 485 m (1591 ft) |
| Width | 290 m (950 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Spatnik Island (Bulgarian: остров Спътник, romanized: ostrov Spatnik, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈspɤtnik]) is the partly ice-free island 485 m long in west–east direction and 290 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 6.62 ha.
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a communications satellite ('spatnik' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.