Rabisha Rocks
 Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
  Rabisha Rocks Location of Rabisha Rocks  Rabisha Rocks Rabisha Rocks (Antarctica) | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°25′34.0″S 59°56′20.1″W / 62.426111°S 59.938917°WCoordinates: 62°25′34.0″S 59°56′20.1″W / 62.426111°S 59.938917°W |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic 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 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
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
Notes
References
- Rabisha Rocks. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.
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