Rabisha Rocks is a group of rocks off the north coast of Greenwich Island

Greenwich Island (South Shetland Islands)

Greenwich Island is an island long and from wide, lying between Robert Island and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. 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 situated 1.5 km (0.93205910497471 mi) northeast of Voluyak Rocks

Voluyak Rocks

Voluyak Rocks is a chain of rocks off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated north of Pavlikeni Point...

, 1.3 km (0.807784557644749 mi) north of Kabile Island

Kabile Island

Kabile Island is an Antarctic island extending in south-north direction and wide, situated off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...

 and 1.8 km (1.12 mi) west of Ongley Island

Ongley Island

Ongley Island is a rugged rocky island lying off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending in west-northwest direction and wide, with a surface area of . The area was visited by early 19th century sealers....

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The rocks are named after the settlement of Rabisha

Rabisha

Rabisha is a village in north-western Bulgaria, in Vidin region and Belogradchik municipality.- Geography :Rabisha village is located 45 kilometers from Vidin and 20 km from Belogradchik. It is also located on Archar river. Its population is about 300 people...

 and the homonymous lake in northwestern Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

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Location

Rabisha Rocks are located at 62°25′33.5"S 59°56′22"W (Bulgarian mapping in 2009).

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
  Scar
  Scars are areas of fibrous tissue that replace normal skin after injury. A scar results from the biological process of wound repair in the skin and other tissues of the body. Thus, scarring is a natural part of the healing process. With the exception of very minor lesions, every wound results in...
  
  
• 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

• Rabisha Rocks.