Revolver Island (, ) is the partly ice-free island 645 m long in southwest–northeast direction and 284 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 8.77 ha.Revolver Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a revolver handgun, and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.
Location Revolver Island is located at , which is 1.06 km southwest of Rollet Island, 1.85 km northwest of the west extremity of Booth Island, 1.67 km northeast of Taralezh Island and 2.95 km southeast of Pegas Island. 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
See also List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
Notes
References Revolver Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links Revolver Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image