Hoatsin Island

Hoatsin Island is the mostly ice-free island 795 m long in southeast–northwest direction and 360 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 16.85 ha.
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a hoatzin bird, and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.

Location

Hoatsin Island is located at, which is 65 m southwest of Pegas Island, 2.8 km northwest of Taralezh Island and 815 m north-northeast of Shut Island. British mapping in 2001.

Maps

Scale 1:150000. Admiralty, UK Hydrographic Office, 2001
Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated