Zikoniya Island

Zikoniya Island
Zikoniya Island is located in Antarctica
Zikoniya Island
Zikoniya Island
Location of Zikoniya Island
Zikoniya Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Zikoniya Island
Zikoniya Island
Zikoniya Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates63°49′54.5″S 60°59′58″W / 63.831806°S 60.99944°W / -63.831806; -60.99944
ArchipelagoPalmer Archipelago
Length140 m (460 ft)
Width120 m (390 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Zikoniya Island (Bulgarian: остров Цикония, romanizedostrov Tsikoniya, IPA: [ˈɔstrof t͡siˈkɔnijɐ]) is the 140 m long in west–east direction and 120 m wide rocky island lying off Spert Island on the southwest side of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It is “named after the ocean fishing trawler Zikoniya 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]

  1. ^ "Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica". data.aad.gov.au. Retrieved 25 December 2018.