Rabisha Rocks

Rabisha Rocks

Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 62°25′33.5″S 59°56′22″W / 62.425972°S 59.93944°W / -62.425972; -59.93944
Archipelago South Shetland Islands
Administration
Demographics
Population 0
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Rabisha Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Рабиша, ‘Skali Rabisha’ ska-'li ra-'bi-sha) is a group of rocks off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated 1.5 km (0.93 mi) northeast of Voluyak Rocks, 1.3 km (0.81 mi) north of Kabile Island and 1.8 km (1.12 mi) west of Ongley Island.

The rocks are named after the settlement of Rabisha and the homonymous lake in northwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Rabisha Rocks are located at 62°25′33.5″S 59°56′22″W / 62.425972°S 59.93944°W / -62.425972; -59.93944 (Bulgarian mapping in 2009).

See also

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References

    This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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