Kozloduy Island
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Kozloduy Island is the second largest Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

n Danubian
Danube
The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....

 island (after Belene Island
Belene Island
Belene Island or Persin Island is the biggest island in Bulgarian waters. The island is formed by the Danube River splitting into two branches passing north and south of it. The international frontier between Bulgaria and Romania follows the north branch of the river and therefore Belene Island...

). Located opposite the town of Kozloduy
Kozloduy
Kozloduy is a town of 13,871 inhabitants in northwest Bulgaria, located in Vratsa Province, on the river Danube. The city was liberated from Ottoman rule on 23 November 1877 by the Romanian Army under the command of the Imperial Russian Army...

, it is 7.5 km in length and between 0.5 and 1.6 km in width, with an area of 6.1 km².

The island raises 3-4 metre above the river and the flora consists of river poplar
Poplar
Populus is a genus of 25–35 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar , aspen, and cottonwood....

 trees. Birds known to nest on the island include wild geese and wild duck
Wild duck
Wild Duck can refer to:*The Wild Duck, play by Henrik Ibsen*mallard, species of wild duck...

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As the distance from the bank is 200 m, the island is only accessible by boat.
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