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St. Ivan Island

St. Ivan Island is the largest island in the , with an area of 0.66 square kilometres. It lies off the near , a town with rich history and a popular tourist place, and is separated by a strait several hundred metres long from the small neighbouring St.
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Megalo Nisi”, “Ostrov Ivan”, “Ostrov Sveta Ioanna”, “Ostrov Sveti Ivan”, “Ostrov Sveti Iwan”, “Ostrov Svetilvan”, and “Saint Ivan Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of Saint George in Sozopol and Arena Sozopol.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Stadium
is a football stadium in , Bulgaria, with a seating capacity of 3,500. It has been the home of FC Sozopol since 2012, and hosted 8 games during the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, with an average attendance of 1,395 per game. is situated 3 km south of St. Ivan Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sozopol and Chernomorets.

Photo: MrPanyGoff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an ancient seaside town located 35 km south of on the southern . One of the major seaside resorts in the country, it is known for the Apollonia art and film festival that is named after one of the town's ancient names.

Town
Photo: Портокал, CC BY 3.0.
is a town on the coast of southeastern . Administratively part of , , is a popular seaside resort. is situated 4½ km west of St. Ivan Island.

Village
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is a village in , in , in southeastern . As of 2013 it has 691 inhabitants. The village is situated at a distance of 2.5 km from the , at the north-eastern foothills of Ridge, which is itself the north-eastern extreme of the Bosna Ridge in the . is situated 6 km south of St. Ivan Island.

St. Ivan Island

Latitude
42.43858° or 42° 26′ 19″ north
Longitude
27.69176° or 27° 41′ 30″ east
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
Open location code
8GJ9CMQR+CP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4521634
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
726573
Wiki­data ID
Q1636393
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Satellite Map

Discover St. Ivan Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“St. Ivan Island” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Իվանի կղզի”
  • Basque: “San Ivan uhartea”
  • Bulgarian: “Свети Иван”
  • Cebuano: “Sveti Ivan”
  • Chinese: “圣伊万岛”
  • Chinese: “聖伊萬島”
  • Croatian: “Sveti Ivan (Bugarska)”
  • Croatian: “Sveti Ivan”
  • Czech: “Svatý Ivan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سانت. ايڤان ايسلاند”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سانت. ايڤان”
  • French: “Ile Saint-Yvan”
  • French: “île Saint-Yvan”
  • French: “Île Saint-Yvan”
  • German: “St. Ivan”
  • German: “Sveti Ivan”
  • German: “Sweti Iwan”
  • Greek: “Νησί του Αγίου Ιβάν”
  • Greek: “Νήσος Αγίου Ιβάν”
  • Greek: “Νήσος Σβέτι Ιβάν”
  • Hebrew: “סווטי איוון (אי)”
  • Hungarian: “Szent János-sziget”
  • Italian: “Isola di Sant’Ivan”
  • Latvian: “Svētā Ivana sala”
  • Macedonian: “Свети Иван (остров)”
  • Macedonian: “Свети Иван”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Øya St. Ivan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “St. Ivan øy”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Остров св. Иван”
  • Polish: “Wyspa Świętego Jana”
  • Romanian: “Insula Sf. Ivan”
  • Russian: “остров Святого Ивана”
  • Russian: “Свети Иван”
  • Russian: “Святой Иван”
  • Slovak: “Svätý Ivan”
  • Slovak: “Sveti Ivan”
  • Spanish: “Isla de San Ivan”
  • Spanish: “Isla de San Iván”
  • Swedish: “Sveti Ivan”
  • Turkish: “St. Ivan Island”
  • Ukrainian: “Святий Іван”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Chervenka and Sveti Nikola.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Фар Свети Иван and Monastery St John the Baptist - ruins.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “St. Ivan Island”. Photo: Chrumps, CC BY-SA 4.0.