Yrvind Island

Yrvind Island

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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°15′49″S 59°10′38.4″W / 62.26361°S 59.177333°W / -62.26361; -59.177333
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Area	0.8 ha (2.0 acres)
Length	165 m (541 ft)
Width	70 m (230 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Yrvind Island (Bulgarian: остров Юрвинд, romanized: ostrov Yrvind, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈjurvind]) is the rocky island off the northwest coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica 165 m long in south–north direction and 70 m wide. Its surface area is 0.8 ha. The vicinity was visited by early 19th century sealers.^[1]

The feature is named after Sven Yrvind, a Swedish sailor and writer who invented the Bris sextant; in association with other names in the area deriving from the early development or use of geodetic instruments and methods.

Yrvind Island is located at 62°15′49″S 59°10′38.4″W / 62.26361°S 59.177333°W / -62.26361; -59.177333,^[2] which is 635 m east-northeast of Smilets Point, 675 m southeast of Meldia Rock and 2.1 km southwest of Retamales Point. British mapping in 1968.

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

• Livingston Island to King George Island. Scale 1:200000. Admiralty Nautical Chart 1776. Taunton: UK Hydrographic Office, 1968.
• South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3373. DOS 610 - W 62 58. Tolworth, UK, 1968.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

• Yrvind Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

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