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 |
| 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 (Bulgarian mapping in 2009).
See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCAR
- Territorial claims in Antarctica
Maps
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
References
External links
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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