Sagita Island

Sagita Island (Bulgarian: остров Сагита, romanized: ostrov Sagita, IPA: [ˈɔstrof sɐˈɡitɐ]) is the 280 m long in southwest-northeast direction and 180 m wide rocky island lying off the northeast coast of Astrolabe Island in Bransfield Strait, Antarctica.

Sagita Island
Sagita Island
Location of Sagita Island
Sagita Island
Sagita Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates63°17′35″S 58°40′00″W
Length280 m (920 ft)
Width180 m (590 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

The island is named after the ocean fishing trawler Sagita of the Bulgarian company Ocean Fisheries – Burgas that operated in Antarctic waters off South Georgia during its fishing trips under Captain Ivan Krastanov from February 1978 to July 1978, and under Captain Yordan Yordanov from December 1979 to June 1980.[1] Apart from fishing, on the latter occasion the ship carried out fisheries research by an onboard scientific team. The Bulgarian fishermen, along with those of the Soviet Union, Poland and East Germany are the pioneers of modern Antarctic fishing industry.[2]

Location

Sagita Island is located at 63°17′35″S 58°40′00″W, which is 710 m southeast of Kanarata Point and 1.64 km northeast of Drumohar Peak. German-British mapping in 1996.

Maps
  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
  • 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
  2. L. Ivanov. History of Bulgarian Polar Research: 30 years Bulgarian Antarctic expeditions. Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, May 2020. 6 pp.

References


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


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