Tigan Island

Tigan Island is the partly ice-free island 750 m long in west–east direction and 226 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 10.68 ha.
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a frying pan, and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.

Location

Tigan Island is located at. It abuts Pegas Island on the south, and is situated 115 m south of Yastreb Island and 3 km northwest of Revolver 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