Sagita Island
Sagita Island is the 280 m long in southwest-northeast direction and 180 m wide rocky island lying off the northeast coast of Astrolabe Island in Bransfield Strait, Antarctica.
The island is named after the ocean fishing trawler Sagita of the Bulgarian company Ocean Fisheries – Burgas that operated in Antarctic waters off South Georgia during its fishing trips under Captain Ivan Krastanov from February 1978 to July 1978, and under Captain Yordan Yordanov from December 1979 to June 1980. Apart from fishing, on the latter occasion the ship carried out fisheries research by an onboard scientific team. The Bulgarian fishermen, along with those of the Soviet Union, Poland and East Germany are the pioneers of modern Antarctic fishing industry.Location
Sagita Island is located at, which is 710 m southeast of Kanarata Point and 1.64 km northeast of Drumohar Peak. German-British mapping in 1996.Maps
