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      • Kostov Island (Bulgarian: Костов остров, romanized: Kostov ostrov, IPA: [ˈkɔstof ˈɔstrof]) is the 380 m long in south-north direction and 210 m wide rocky island with surface area of 4 hectares (9.9 acres) lying in Lewthwaite Strait off the east coast of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica. It is "named after Captain Kosyo Kostov, commander of the ocean fishing trawler Afala of the Bulgarian company Ocean Fisheries – Burgas during its fishing trips to Antarctic waters off South Georgia from March to August 1985 and 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."


      Location


      Kostov Island is located at 60°42′47″S 45°09′12″W, which is 1.75 km north-northeast of the southeast extremity of Coronation Island, 2.48 km south of the northeast entrance point of Spence Harbour, and 4.3 km west-southwest of Cape Disappointment on Powell Island. British mapping in 1963.


      Maps


      British Antarctic Territory: South Orkney Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. DOS Series 510. Surrey, England: Directorate of Overseas Surveys, 1963
      Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated


      Notes




      References


      Kostov Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica


      External links


      Kostov Island. Copernix satellite image

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

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