Galiche Rock
Encyclopedia
Galiche Rock is the large rock off Somovit Point
on the east coast of Robert Island
in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica, extending 300 m (328 yd) in northwest-southeast direction and 180 m (197 yd) in northeast-southwest direction.
The rock is named after the settlement of Galiche in Northwestern Bulgaria.
, 780 m (853 yd) south of Kitchen Point
and 900 m (984 yd) north of Batuliya Point
. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009.
Somovit Point
Somovit Point is a point on the east coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica projecting 500 m into Bransfield Strait. Situated 900 m north-northwest of Batuliya Point and 1.1 km south-southwest of Kitchen Point....
on the east coast of Robert Island
Robert Island (South Shetland Islands)
Robert Island or Mitchells Island or Polotsk Island or Roberts Island is an island long and wide, situated between Nelson Island and Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands. Robert Island is located at . Surface area...
in the South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
, Antarctica, extending 300 m (328 yd) in northwest-southeast direction and 180 m (197 yd) in northeast-southwest direction.
The rock is named after the settlement of Galiche in Northwestern Bulgaria.
Location
Galiche Rock is located at 62°23′43"S 59°20′53"W, which is 150 m (164 yd) northeast of Somovit PointSomovit Point
Somovit Point is a point on the east coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica projecting 500 m into Bransfield Strait. Situated 900 m north-northwest of Batuliya Point and 1.1 km south-southwest of Kitchen Point....
, 780 m (853 yd) south of Kitchen Point
Kitchen Point
Kitchen Point is a rocky point at the end of a narrow promontory projecting 1.2 km into Bransfield Strait from the east coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica to form the southeast side of the entrance to Kozloduy Cove....
and 900 m (984 yd) north of Batuliya Point
Batuliya Point
Batuliya Point is an ice-free tipped point forming the east extremity of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The point, projecting 550 m into Bransfield Strait, is situated 5.4 km northeast of the southeast extremity of Robert Point, 3 km north-northeast of Sadala...
. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009.
See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCARScientific Committee on Antarctic ResearchThe Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research is an interdisciplinary body of the International Council for Science . It was established in February 1958 to continue the international coordination of Antarctic scientific activities that had begun during the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58...
- Territorial claims in Antarctica
Map
- 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
External links
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names CommissionAntarctic Place-names CommissionThe Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria. The Commission approves Bulgarian place names in Antarctica, which are formally given by the President of the...
. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English) - SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.