Kondor Island

Kondor Island (Bulgarian: остров Кондор, romanized: ostrov Kondor, IPA: [ˈɔstrof konˈdɔr]) 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.

Kondor Island
Kondor Island
Location of Kondor Island
Kondor Island
Kondor Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°13′58.4″S 59°06′02″W
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Length320 m (1050 ft)
Width140 m (460 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

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.”[1]

Location

Kondor Island is located at 62°13′58.4″S 59°06′02″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.

Maps

Notes
  1. "SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica". data.aad.gov.au. Retrieved 2018-12-28.

References


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


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