Island in Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica
Feniks Island (Bulgarian : остров Феникс , romanized : ostrov Feniks IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈfɛniks] Spert Island on the southwest side of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago , Antarctica . It is “named after the ocean fishing trawler Feniks 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
Feniks Island is located at 63°49′36.5″S 60°57′53″W / 63.826806°S 60.96472°W / -63.826806; -60.96472 Bulnes Point , 1.38 km northwest of Melanita Island and 7.6 km west of Romero Point . British mapping in 1978.
Maps
British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 – W 63 60. Tolworth, UK, 1978.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
