Pegas Island

Pegas Island is the partly ice-free island 987 m long in west-southwest to east-northeast direction and 703 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 29.21 ha.
The feature is named after Pegasus, the winged divine horse in Greek mythology, because of the island's shape supposedly resembling a winged horse, and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.

Location

Pegas Island is located at. It abuts Tigan Island on the north, and is situated 2.95 km northwest of Revolver Island and 65 m northeast of Hoatsin 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