Kalmar Island

Kalmar Island is the mostly ice-covered island 1.12 km long in west-southwest to east-northeast direction and 245 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 16.15 ha.
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a specimen of squid, and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.

Location

Kalmar Island is located at, which is 1.24 km northwest of Kosatka Island, and 7.27 km south of Knight Island and 7.33 km west-southwest of Kril Island in the Wauwermans Islands group. 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