Rabisha Rocks
Appearance
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Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 62°25′34.0″S59°56′20.1″W/ 62.426111°S 59.938917°W |
Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
Administration | |
Administered under theAntarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | uninhabited |
Rabisha Rocks(Bulgarian:скали Рабиша,‘Skali Rabisha’ ska-'li ra-'bi-sha) is a group of rocks off the north coast ofGreenwich Islandin theSouth Shetland Islands, Antarcticasituated 1.5 km (0.93 mi) northeast ofVoluyak Rocks,1.3 km (0.81 mi) north ofKabile Islandand 1.8 km (1.12 mi) west ofOngley Island.
The rocks are named after the settlement ofRabishaand the homonymous lake in northwesternBulgaria.
Location
[edit]Rabisha Rocks are located at62°25′33.5″S59°56′22″W/ 62.425972°S 59.93944°W(Bulgarian mapping in 2009).
See also
[edit]- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCAR
- Territorial claims in Antarctica
- South Shetland Islands
Maps
[edit]- L.L. Ivanov.Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.ISBN978-954-92032-6-4
References
[edit]- Rabisha Rocks.SCARComposite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.Antarctic Place-names Commission.(details in Bulgarian,basic datain English)
External links
[edit]- Rabisha Rocks.Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from theAntarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgariawhich is used with permission.