Fregata Island

Fregata Island (Bulgarian: остров Фрегата, romanized: ostrov Fregata, IPA: [ˈɔstrof frɛˈɡatɐ]) is the 480 m long in southeast-northwest direction and 230 m wide rocky island lying off the north coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Fregata Island
Fregata Island
Location of Fregata Island
Fregata Island
Fregata Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°13′50″S 59°05′54″W
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Length480 m (1,570 ft)
Width230 m (750 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

The island is "named after the ocean fishing trawler Fregata 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]

Location

Fregata Island is located at 62°13′50″S 59°05′54″W, which is 2.29 km west by north of Cariz Point, 1.7 km north-northeast of Baklan Point, 1.93 km east-northeast of Withem Island, 110 m northeast of Kondor Island and 100 m south-southwest of Akin Island. British mapping in 1968.

Maps

Notes
  1. "SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica". data.aad.gov.au. Retrieved 2018-12-28.

References


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


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