Afala Island
Island in the South Shetlands Islands, Antarctica / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Afala Island (Bulgarian: остров Афала, romanized: ostrov Afala, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ɐˈfaɫɐ]) is the rocky island off the north coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 360 m in west-southwest to east-northeast direction and 310 m in south–north direction.
Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 62°14′50″S 59°07′41″W |
Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
Length | 360 m (1180 ft) |
Width | 310 m (1020 ft) |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | uninhabited |
The island is "named after the ocean fishing trawler Afala of the Bulgarian company Ocean Fisheries – Burgas that operated in Antarctic waters off South Georgia during its fishing trip under Captain Kosyo Kostov 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."[1]