Kaprela Island

Kaprela Island (Bulgarian: остров Капрела, romanized: ostrov Kaprela, IPA: [ˈɔstrof kɐˈprɛɫɐ]) is the mostly ice-covered rocky island 500 m long in southeast-northwest direction and 150 m wide, lying off the northeast coast of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It is “named after the ocean fishing trawler Kaprela 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.”[1]

Kaprela Island
Kaprela Island is located in Antarctica
Kaprela Island
Kaprela Island
Location of Kaprela Island
Kaprela Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Kaprela Island
Kaprela Island
Kaprela Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates63°45′47″S 60°38′41″W
ArchipelagoPalmer Archipelago
Length500 m (1600 ft)
Width150 m (490 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Location

Kaprela Island is located at 63°45′47″S 60°38′41″W, which is 8.43 km southwest of Cape Neumayer and 10.67 km north of Awl Point. British mapping in 1978.

Maps

  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 – W 63 60. Tolworth, UK, 1978.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Notes

References

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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