Lamya Island

Lamya Island is the partly ice-free island 1.56 km long in west–east direction and 630 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 45.72 ha.
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a lamya, monster creature in Bulgarian mythology, and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.

Location

Lamya Island is located at, which is 85 m south of Elisabethinsel, 2.76 km southwest of the west extremity of Booth Island and 2.33 km north of Peperuda 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