  Taralezh Island Location of Taralezh Island  Taralezh Island Taralezh Island (Antarctic Peninsula) | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 65°03′44″S 64°06′27″W / 65.06222°S 64.10750°W |
| Archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago |
| Area | 6.71 ha (16.6 acres) |
| Length | 470 m (1540 ft) |
| Width | 232 m (761 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Taralezh Island (Bulgarian: остров Таралеж, romanized: ostrov Taralezh, IPA: [ˈɔstrof tɐrɐˈɫɛʒ]) is the partly ice-free island 470 m long in west–east direction and 232 km wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 6.71 ha.[1]
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a hedgehog ('taralezh' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.[1]
- ^ a b Taralezh Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica