Pate Island (Wilhelm Archipelago)
# Pate Island (Wilhelm Archipelago)

Pate Island (Bulgarian: остров Пате, romanized: ostrov Pate, IPA:) is the mostly ice-free rocky island 667 m long in west–east direction and 390 m wide in the Vedel Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 12.67 ha.

The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a duckling ('pate' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.

## Location

Pate Island is located at 65°07′56″S 64°14′05″W﻿ / ﻿65.13222°S 64.23472°W﻿ / -65.13222; -64.23472, which is 4.9 km northwest of Petermann Island, 160 m northeast of Kormoran Island, 1 km southeast of Bager Island and 105 m southwest of Friedburginsel. British mapping in 2001.

## Maps

* British Admiralty Nautical Chart 446 Anvers Island to Renaud Island. Scale 1:150000. Admiralty, UK Hydrographic Office, 2001
* Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008
* Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
