Fizalia Island

Fizalia Island
Fizalia Island
Location of Fizalia Island
Fizalia Island
Fizalia Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates63°43′44″S 60°36′00″W / 63.72889°S 60.60000°W / -63.72889; -60.60000
ArchipelagoPalmer Archipelago
Length330 m (1080 ft)
Width180 m (590 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Fizalia Island (Bulgarian: остров Физалия, romanized: ostrov Fizalia, IPA: [ˈɔstrof fiˈzalijɐ]) is the mostly ice-covered rocky island 330 m long in southeast-northwest direction and 180 m wide, lying off the northeast coast of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It is “named after the ocean fishing trawler Fizalia 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.”