Yordanov Island (, ) is the 600 m long in west–east direction and 300 m wide rocky island with surface area of whose north extremity

Foul Point Foul Point on Yordanov Island lies at the east side of the entrance to Ommanney Bay on the north side of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands. It was discovered in December 1821 in the course of the joint cruise by Captain George Powell ...

forms the east entrance to Ommanney Bay on the north coast of

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in the

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. It is separated from the main island by a passage narrowing to just 30 m at points. The island is named after Captain Yordan Yordanov, commander of the ocean

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''Sagita'' of the Bulgarian company

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during its fishing trip to Antarctic waters off

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from December 1979 to June 1980. A designated onboard team of

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s undertook

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in the process. The Bulgarian fishermen, along with those of the

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and

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are the pioneers of modern Antarctic

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Location

Yordanov Island is located at , which is 3.95 km east-northeast of Prong Point, 800 m east of Brusa IsletBrusa Islet.
Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica and 7.7 km northwest of Findlay Point. British mapping in 1963.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory: South Orkney Islands.
Scale 1:100000 topographic map. DOS Series 510. Surrey, England: Directorate of Overseas Surveys, 1963
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

Yordanov Island.

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External links

Yordanov Island.
Copernix satellite image {{Bulgarian-named Antarctic place Islands of the South Orkney Islands Ocean Fisheries – Burgas Co Bulgaria and the Antarctic