Rabisha Rocks
Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands
Rabisha Rocks is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Rabisha Rocks
Rabisha Rocks
Location on Antarctic Peninsula
Rabisha Rocks is located in Antarctica
Rabisha Rocks
Rabisha Rocks
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°25′34.0″S 59°56′20.1″W / 62.426111°S 59.938917°W / -62.426111; -59.938917
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

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).

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

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

References

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


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