Kostov Island
| Kostov Island | ||
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| Waters | Lewthwaite Strait | |
| Archipelago | South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 42 ′ 47 " S , 45 ° 9 ′ 12" W | |
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| length | 380 m | |
| width | 210 m | |
Kostov Island ( English ; Bulgarian Костов остров Kostow Ostrow ) is a north-south orientation 380 m long, 210 m wide and rocky island in the archipelago of the Southern Orkney Islands . It is 1.75 km northeast of the southeastern extension of Coronation Island , 2.48 km south of the northeast boundary of the entrance to Spence Harbor, and 4.3 km west-southwest of Cape Disappointment of Powell Island in Lewthwaite Strait .
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named them in 2019 after Kosjo Kostow, captain of the trawler Afala , who had operated in the waters around South Georgia from March to August 1985 and in the 1985/86 fishing season .
Web links
- Kostov Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)