St. Thomas Island
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St. Thomas Island (Bulgarian: остров св. Тома, ostrov sv. Toma) or Snake Island (Змийски остров, Zmiyski ostrov) is a Bulgarian island in the Black Sea, 15 km south of Sozopol. It has an area of 3,000 m² [1] and is the only place in Bulgaria where wild cacti grow, brought from Bratislava and planted on the orders of Tsar Boris III in 1933. They have covered most of the island since then.
St. Thomas Island is named after the chapel dedicated to Saint Thomas that once existed on it, while its other name, Snake Island, it acquired from the plenty of grey water snakes that inhabit it, feeding on fish.
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