Simeonov Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Simeonov Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The 850 m long in N-S direction and 390 m wide rocky island separated from the S coast of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands by a passage narrowing to just 50 m at points. Facing Slanchev Bryag Cove on the E. A new feature that became detached from the main island as a result of glacier retreat in the first decade of 21st century. An adjacent smaller island on the S ends up in Saunders Point. British mapping of the area in 1963.
Named after Captain Anastas Simeonov (1929-2003), Director (1976-1982) 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.
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