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St. Thomas Island (Bulgarian: остров св. Тома, ostrov sv. Toma) or Zmiyski ostrov (Змийски остров, Snake island), is a Bulgarian island in the Black Sea.

This article is about the island in Bulgaria. For the Caribbean island, see Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. For the island in São Tomé e Príncipe, see São Tomé Island. For other islands, see Snake Island.
The island as seen from the coast
The island as seen from the coast

It is situated in Burgas Province, Primorsko Municipality, 7 km (4 mi) north of Primorsko and 15 km (9 mi) km south of Sozopol.


Island


It has an area of 0.012 km2 (0.0046 sq mi; 3.0 acres) and is one of a very few places in Bulgaria where wild cacti grow. The Opuntia cacti were brought from the Botanical Garden in Bratislava, Slovakia and planted by the royal botanist Ivan Buresh on the orders of Tsar Boris III in 1933. They have covered most of the island since then.[1][2]

St. Thomas Island is named after a chapel dedicated to Saint Thomas that once existed on it. Snake Island, the alternate name, refers to the abundant grey water snakes that inhabit it, feeding on fish. The island is part of the Ropotamo nature reserve and lies 0.4 km (0.2 nmi) southeast of Humata Foreland in Arkutino Bay.[1][2]

The first archaeological expedition on the island began in 1955 and exposed the ruins of a small church and some auxiliary buildings. In a new archaeological expedition in 2018, archaeologists discovered an ancient Thracian settlement from the early Iron Age, ancient Thracian ritual pits, a Byzantine settlement from the 5th – 6th century AD, a small monastery from the 12th-14th century and a sunken fortress from ancient Thrace in the waters between the island and the Bulgarian mainland. Bulgaria's National Museum of History said that "The exposed finds indicate that a large sea route shrine was located on the St. Thomas Island," and "The place was chosen for a reason since it was right off the ancient road from Sozopol (Apollonia Pontica) to Constantinople (at the time the ancient Greek colony of Byzantium)."[3]




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References


  1. Baykusheva, Tatyana (2 March 2013). "Царският ботаник засадил кактуси на Змийския остров" (in Bulgarian). Черноморие. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  2. Щилиянова, Тони (2016-01-01). "BG островите в Черно море: Всички с имена на светци, забулени в тайни за пиратски съкровища (снимки)" (in Bulgarian). 24 часа. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND THRACIAN, BYZANTINE SETTLEMENTS, MEDIEVAL MONASTERY ON BULGARIA’S ST. THOMAS ISLAND IN BLACK SEA


На других языках

[de] Sweti Toma (Insel)

„Sweti Toma“ (Heilige Thomas) oder auch Schlangeninsel (bulgarisch: остров „Свети Тома“/ostrow Sweti Toma, bzw. „Змийски остров“/Zmijski ostrow) ist eine bulgarische Insel im Schwarzen Meer, 15 Kilometer südlich von Sosopol (8 km Luftlinie).
- [en] St. Thomas Island

[ru] Святой Фома (остров)

Святой Фома, или Змеиный остров (болг. Змийският остров), — болгарский остров в Чёрном море на расстоянии 15 км к югу от Созополя и на расстоянии 36 км от Бургаса. Его площадь — 0,012 км².


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