Bulgarian Islands - Image
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Bulgarian Islands - Map
Bulgarian Islands? Are you serious? As you can see Bulgaria does have a couple of islands. There are a number of riverine islands, but only a few coastal islands located in the Black Sea. These islands are situated east of Burgas.
Ostrov Sveti Ivan & Sveti Petur - Image
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Ostrov Sveti Ivan & Sveti Petur - Map
is the largest of the Black Sea Bulgarian Islands. It is the site of St John's Monastery (in ruins) and a lighthouse.
Ostrov Sveti Anastasia - Image
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Ostrov Sveti Anastasia - Map
was once site of a convent which was vacated in 1923. The island became a prison shortly after. In 1925 there was a prisoner's revolt. Consequently, the name of the island became Ostrov Bolshevik in honor of the prisoners. After the end of the Soviet Union the name of the island was changed to St Anastasia to honor the convent of previous years.
At another time I had occassion to become familiar with Bulgaria. As I studied the maps of the country's coastline, I wondered if there were islands along the coast. Seems there are.
The digitizing of the islands was swift. The coastline of Bulgaria was somewhat more difficult. I spent just a few hours on this project. Now my curiousity is satisfied - "Does Bulgaria have any islands?" "Sure!, They have a couple."
