{{short description|Antarctic island}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox islands |name = Peperuda Island |map = Antarctica#Antarctic Peninsula |map_relief = yes |map_caption = Location of Peperuda Island |location = Antarctica |coordinates = {{coord|65|06|24|S|64|05|00|W|}} |archipelago = Wilhelm Archipelago |area_ha = 9.51 |length_m = 592 |width_m = 309 |population = uninhabited |country = None |treaty_system = Antarctic Treaty System }} '''Peperuda Island''' ({{langx|bg|остров Пеперуда|ostrov Peperuda}}, {{IPA|bg|ˈɔstrof pɛpɛˈrudɐ|IPA}}) 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.<ref name=CGA>[https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=140124 Peperuda Island.] SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica</ref>

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.<ref name=CGA/>

==Location== Peperuda Island is located at {{coord|65|06|24|S|64|05|00|W|display=inline,title}}, which is 25 m north of Hovgaard Island, 150 m west of Pléneau Island, and 2.33&nbsp;km south of Lamya Island in the Dannebrog Islands group. British mapping in 2001.

==Maps== * [http://fishing-app.gpsnauticalcharts.com/i-boating-fishing-web-app/fishing-marine-charts-navigation.html#9.15/-65.0655/-64.2628 British Admiralty Nautical Chart 446 Anvers Island to Renaud Island.] Scale 1:150000. Admiralty, UK Hydrographic Office, 2001 * [https://data.aad.gov.au/database/mapcat/british/brabant_argentine_is_BAS_map13489.jpg Brabant Island to Argentine Islands.] Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008 * [http://www.add.scar.org Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).] Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

==See also== * List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

==Notes== {{reflist|1}}

==References== * [https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=140124 Peperuda Island.] SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica * [http://apcbg.org/gazet-bg.pdf Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.] Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, [http://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf basic data] in English)

==External links== * [https://copernix.io/#?where=-64.08502815609742,-65.1066940965371,16&?query=&?map_type=hybrid Peperuda Island.] Adjusted Copernix satellite image

{{Bulgarian-named Antarctic place}}

Category:Islands of the Wilhelm Archipelago Category:Bulgaria and the Antarctic

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