Afala Island

Afala Island (Bulgarian: остров Афала, romanized: ostrov Afala, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ɐˈfaɫɐ]) is the rocky island off the north coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 360 m in west-southwest to east-northeast direction and 310 m in south–north direction.

Afala Island
Afala Island
Location of in the Antarctic Peninsula
Afala Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°14′50″S 59°07′41″W
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Length360 m (1180 ft)
Width310 m (1020 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

The island is "named after the ocean fishing trawler Afala of the Bulgarian company Ocean Fisheries – Burgas that operated in Antarctic waters off South Georgia during its fishing trip under Captain Kosyo Kostov in the 1985/86 season. The Bulgarian fishermen, along with those of the Soviet Union, Poland and East Germany are the pioneers of modern Antarctic fishing industry."[1]

Location

Afala Island is located at 62°14′50″S 59°07′41″W, which is 740 m west of Baklan Point, 860 m northeast of Retamales Point and 1.05 km south-southeast of Withem Island. British mapping in 1968.

Maps

Notes
  1. Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References

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


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