Tyulen Island

Tyulen Island (Bulgarian: остров Тюлен, romanized: ostrov Tyulen, IPA: [ˈɔstrof tʲuˈlɛn]) is the mostly ice-covered island 1 km long in west-southwest to east-northeast direction and 530 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 26.78 ha.

Tyulen Island

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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°01′03″S 64°07′05″W
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	26.78 ha (66.2 acres)
Length	1 km (0.6 mi)
Width	530 m (1740 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a fur seal, 'tyulen' being the Bulgarian for 'seal', and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.

Location

Tyulen Island is located at 65°01′03″S 64°07′05″W, which is 3.2 km southwest of Kalmar Island, 1.4 km northwest of Meduza Island and 135 m northeast of Lamantin Island. British mapping in 2001.

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

See also

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

References

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

External links

• Tyulen Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.