Orsoya Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Орсоя, ‘Skali Orsoya’ \ska-'li or-'so-ya\) is the group of rocks off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, situated west-northwest of Mellona Rocks, north-northeast of Milev Rocks and east-northeast of Opaka Rocks, and extending 650 m in northwest-southeast direction and 500 m in northeast-southwest direction.
 Location of Robert Islands in the South Shetland Islands | |
  Orsoya Rocks Location of Orsoya Rocks  Orsoya Rocks Orsoya Rocks (Antarctic Peninsula) | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°17′39″S 59°31′32″W / 62.29417°S 59.52556°W |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
The rocks are named after the settlement of Orsoya in Northwestern Bulgaria.
Location
editOrsoya Rocks are centred at 62°17′39″S 59°31′32″W / 62.29417°S 59.52556°W, which is 4.78 km north of Newell Point. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009.
See also
editMaps
edit- South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 62 58. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1968.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References
edit- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Orsoya Rocks. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
External links
edit- Orsoya Rocks. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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