Fregata Island
Location of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°13′50″S 59°05′54″W / 62.23056°S 59.09833°W |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Length | 480 m (1570 ft) |
| Width | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Fregata Island (Bulgarian: остров Фрегата, romanized: ostrov Fregata, IPA: [ˈɔstrof frɛˈɡatɐ]) is the 480 m long in southeast-northwest direction and 230 m wide rocky island lying off the north coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
The island is "named after the ocean fishing trawler Fregata 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."