Alfeus Island

Alfeus Island (Bulgarian: остров Алфеус, romanized: ostrov Alfeus, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ɐɫˈfɛos]) is the 310 m long in west-southwest to east-northeast direction and 120 m wide rocky island lying off the north coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Alfeus Island
Topographic map of Smith Island
Alfeus Island
Location of Alfeus Island
Alfeus Island
Alfeus Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°52′12.4″S 62°18′53″W
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Length310 m (1020 ft)
Width120 m (390 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

The island is “named after the ocean fishing trawler Alfeus 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

Alfeus Island is located at 62°52′12.4″S 62°18′53″W, which is 660 m northwest of Cape Smith, 3.7 km east-northeast of Delyan Point and 1.06 km east-southeast of Barlow Island. Bulgarian mapping in 2018.

Maps

Notes
  1. "SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica". data.aad.gov.au. Retrieved 2018-12-26.

References


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


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