# Peperuda Island

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{{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](/source/Antarctica)
|coordinates         = {{coord|65|06|24|S|64|05|00|W|}}
|archipelago         = [Wilhelm Archipelago](/source/Wilhelm_Archipelago)
|area_ha               = 9.51
|length_m             = 592
|width_m              = 309
|population           = uninhabited
|country                = None
|treaty_system     = [Antarctic Treaty System](/source/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](/source/Wilhelm_Archipelago), [Antarctic Peninsula](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Hovgaard_Island_(Antarctica)), 150 m west of [Pléneau Island](/source/Pl%C3%A9neau_Island), and 2.33&nbsp;km south of [Lamya Island](/source/Lamya_Island) in the [Dannebrog Islands](/source/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](/source/List_of_Antarctic_and_subantarctic_islands)

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

{{WilhelmArchipelago-geo-stub}}

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