Lamya Island (Bulgarian: остров Ламя, romanized: ostrov Lamya, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ɫɐˈmʲa]) is the partly ice-free island 1.56 km long in west–east direction and 630 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region.
Its surface area is 45.72 ha.
[1] The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a lamya, monster creature in Bulgarian mythology, and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.
[1] Lamya Island is located at 65°05′03″S 64°06′43″W / 65.08417°S 64.11194°W / -65.08417; -64.11194, which is 85 m south of Elisabethinsel, 2.76 km southwest of the west extremity of Booth Island and 2.33 km north of Peperuda Island.
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.