Pegas Island

65°02′12″S 64°08′20″W / 65.03667°S 64.13889°W / -65.03667; -64.13889ArchipelagoWilhelm ArchipelagoArea29.21 ha (72.2 acres)Length987 m (3238 ft)Width703 m (2306 ft)AdministrationAdministered under the Antarctic Treaty SystemDemographicsPopulationuninhabited

Pegas Island (Bulgarian: остров Пегас, romanized: ostrov Pegas, IPA: [ˈɔstrof pɛˈgas]) 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.^[1]

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.^[1]

Pegas Island is located at 65°02′12″S 64°08′20″W / 65.03667°S 64.13889°W / -65.03667; -64.13889. 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.

• 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

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

• Pegas Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

• Pegas Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.