Sweti Toma (island)
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| Waters | Black Sea | |
| Geographical location | 42 ° 20 '27 " N , 27 ° 44' 2" E | |
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| surface | 1.2 ha | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
" Sweti Toma " ( Saint Thomas ) or Snake Island (Bulgarian: остров " Свети Тома " / ostrow Sweti Toma, or " Змийски остров " / Zmijski ostrow) is a Bulgarian island in the Black Sea , 15 kilometers south of Sozopol (8 km Beeline).
It has an area of 3000 m² and is the only place in Bulgaria where wild cacti grow. These were from Tsar Boris III. planted around 1933; they cover a large part of the island.
Sveti Toma is there after once existing Sveti-Toma - chapel named. In the vernacular, the island is nicknamed Snake Island , as there are many species of snakes can be found.
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