Haralambiev Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Haralambiev 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 530 m long in SE-NW direction and 300 m wide rocky island in the Larsen Islands group on the W side of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands. Situated 2.8 km NW of Moreton Point, 160 m NW of Monroe Island and 200 m SE of Angelov Island. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers. British mapping in 1963.
Named after Captain Hristo Haralambiev (1942-2017), commander of the ocean fishing trawler Aktinia of the Bulgarian company Ocean Fisheries – Burgas during its fishing trip to Antarctic waters off South Georgia and the South Orkney Islands from November 1979 to June 1980. 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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