Meduza Island
Meduza Island is the partly ice-covered island extending 670 m in southwest–northeast direction and 434 m in north–south direction in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 11.9 ha.
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a jellyfish, and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.
Location
Meduza Island is located at, which is 3.18 km southwest of Kosatka Island, 509 m west-northwest of Greblo Island, 2.33 km northwest of Rollet Island, 1.26 km east-northeast of Yastreb Island and 1.4 km southeast of Tyulen 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