Feniks Island

Feniks Island (Bulgarian: остров Феникс, romanized: ostrov Feniks, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈfɛniks]) is the 230 m long in west–east direction and 170 m wide in south–north direction rocky island lying off Spert Island on the southwest side of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It is “named after the ocean fishing trawler Feniks of the Bulgarian company Ocean Fisheries – Burgas whose ships operated in the waters of South Georgia, Kerguelen, the South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula from 1970 to the early 1990s. The Bulgarian fishermen, along with those of the Soviet Union, Poland and East Germany are the pioneers of modern Antarctic fishing industry.”[1]

Feniks Island
Feniks Island
Location of Feniks Island
Feniks Island
Feniks Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates63°49′36.5″S 60°57′53″W
ArchipelagoPalmer Archipelago
Length230 m (750 ft)
Width170 m (560 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Location

Feniks Island is located at 63°49′36.5″S 60°57′53″W, which is 4.75 km northeast of Bulnes Point, 1.38 km northwest of Melanita Island and 7.6 km west of Romero Point. British mapping in 1978.

Maps
  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 – W 63 60. Tolworth, UK, 1978.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Notes
  1. "Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica". data.aad.gov.au. Retrieved 2018-12-25.

References


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


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