  Sagita Island Location of Sagita Island  Sagita Island Sagita Island (Antarctic Peninsula) | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 63°17′35″S 58°40′00″W / 63.29306°S 58.66667°W |
| Length | 280 m (920 ft) |
| Width | 180 m (590 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Sagita Island (Bulgarian: остров Сагита, romanized: ostrov Sagita, IPA: [ˈɔstrof sɐˈɡitɐ]) is a rocky island lying off the northeast coast of Astrolabe Island in Bransfield Strait, Antarctica. It is 280 m long in the southwest-northeast direction and 180 m wide
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.[1] 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.[2]