Feniks Island facts for kids
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago |
| Length | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Width | 170 m (560 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Feniks Island (Bulgarian: остров Феникс, 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.”
Location
Feniks Island is located at 63°49′36.5″S 60°57′53″W / 63.826806°S 60.96472°WCoordinates: 63°49′36.5″S 60°57′53″W / 63.826806°S 60.96472°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.
