Shut Island

Island of the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica

65°03′00″S 64°10′00″W / 65.05000°S 64.16667°W / -65.05000; -64.16667ArchipelagoWilhelm ArchipelagoArea14 ha (35 acres)Length573 m (1880 ft)Width520 m (1710 ft)AdministrationAdministered under the Antarctic Treaty SystemDemographicsPopulationuninhabited

Shut Island (Bulgarian: остров Шут, romanized: ostrov Shut, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈʃut]) is the partly ice-free island extending 573 m in west–east direction and 520 m in south–north direction in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 14 ha.^[1]

The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a jester hat ('shut' being the Bulgarian for 'jester'), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.^[1]

Location

Shut Island is located at 65°03′00″S 64°10′00″W / 65.05000°S 64.16667°W / -65.05000; -64.16667. It abuts Padpadak Island on the south, and is situated 815m south-southwest of Hoatsin Island, 3.92 km west of Revolver Island and 1.9 km northeast of Skoba Island.

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

Notes

^ ^a ^b Shut Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References

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