  Zherav Island Location of Zherav Island  Zherav Island Zherav Island (Antarctic Peninsula) | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 64°58′01″S 63°52′54″W / 64.96694°S 63.88167°W |
| Archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago |
| Area | 29.55 ha (73.0 acres) |
| Length | 1.71 km (1.063 mi) |
| Width | 377 m (1237 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Zherav Island (Bulgarian: остров Жерав, romanized: ostrov Zherav, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈʒɛrɐf]) is a mostly ice-covered island in the Wauwermans Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. It is 1.71 km long (measured west-southwest to east-northeast) and 377 m wide; its surface area is 29.55 ha.[1]
Zherav Island is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a common crane in flight ('zherav' is the Bulgarian for that bird) and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.[1]
- ^ a b Zherav Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica