Kondor Island facts for kids
Location of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands
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 Kondor Island
Location in Antarctica
Kondor Island
Location in Antarctic Peninsula
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°13′58.4″S 59°06′02″W / 62.232889°S 59.10056°W |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Length | 320 m (1,050 ft) |
| Width | 140 m (460 ft) |
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| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Kondor Island (Bulgarian: остров Кондор, romanized: ostrov Kondor) is the 320 m long in west–east direction and 140 m wide rocky island lying off the north coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
The island is “named after the ocean fishing trawler Kondor 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
Kondor Island is located at 62°13′58.4″S 59°06′02″W / 62.232889°S 59.10056°W, which is 2.45 km west of Cariz Point, 1.41 km north-northeast of Baklan Point, 1.73 km east-northeast of Withem Island and 110 m southwest of Fregata Island. British mapping in 1968.
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