Milev Rocks (Bulgarian: Милеви скали, ‘Milevi Skali’ \'mi-le-vi ska-'li\) is the group of rocks off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, situated east of Henfield Rock, south-southwest of Orsoya Rocks and southwest of Mellona Rocks, and extending 1.5 km (0.93 mi) in east-west direction and 600 m (656 yd) in north-south direction.
Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 62°18′46″S 59°32′54″W / 62.31278°S 59.54833°W |
Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
The rocks are named after the Bulgarian poet Geo Milev (pseudonym of Georgi Milyov Kasabov, 1895–1925).
Location
editMilev Rocks are centred at 62°18′46″S 59°32′54″W / 62.31278°S 59.54833°W, which is 3.06 km (1.90 mi) north-northwest of Newell Point. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009.
See also
editMaps
edit- 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
edit- Milev Rocks. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
edit- Milev Rocks. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.