Golia (Kutovo) Island

 park, island, nature conservation park / area

The island is part of the territory of Bulgaria under the Convention for delimitation of the river border between Bulgaria and Romania, signed in 1908. According to Article 1 of the Convention the state border follows the Danube thalweg (the lowest line of the riverbed).
Protected Area “The Island of Kutovo village” comprises the territory of island of the same name on the Danube River. The island is situated at the 801st km of the river, opposite the village of Kutovo, Vidin municipality. It was established as a preserved area with the purpose to protect the habitats of rare vulnerable plant species as swamp snowdrop and wade birds: Night heron (Nycticorax), Grey heron (Ardea cinerea), Egetta gazetta, Pelicanusonocrotalus, Platalea leucorcodia, Phalacricorax carbo, Phalacrocorax pigmeus