Saint Peter Island (Bulgaria)

St. Peter Island ( bg, остров св. Петър, ''ostrov sv. Petar'') is a Bulgarian island in the Black Sea, with an area of and a height of

above sea level Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''. The comb ...

. Also known as Bird Island, it is located in the Bay of Sozopol, close to the St. Ivan and

St. Cyricus Island St. Cyricus Island ( bg, остров св. Кирик, ''ostrov sv. Kirik''), also known as St. Cyril Island or Sts. Quiricus and Julietta Island is a Bulgarian island in the Black Sea, from Sozopol's Stolets peninsula. It has an area of about ...

s. As it was not mentioned in any sources until the mid-19th century, it is presumed to have separated from the larger St. Ivan Island (which is a few hundred meters to the west) as a consequence of some kind of natural phenomenon around that time. Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a Bulgarian National Revival-time chapel, as well as traces of ancient pottery. Two small islets or large rocks also existed to the east of St. Peter, known by the names of Milos and Gata; they were last described by Russian war correspondents in the 1820s and have presumably submerged in the following years. Uninhabited islands of Bulgaria Islands of the Black Sea Bulgarian Black Sea Coast Nature reserves in Bulgaria Landforms of Burgas Province {{bulgaria-geo-stub