Skrino Rocks
Encyclopedia
Skrino Rocks is the chain of rocks off the east coast of Robert Island
in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica, extending 570 m (623 yd) in east-west direction.
The rocks are named after the settlement of Skrino in Western Bulgaria.
and 3.4 km (2.1 mi) south-southeast of Salient Rock. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009.
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 570 m (623 yd) in east-west direction.
The rocks are named after the settlement of Skrino in Western Bulgaria.
Location
Skrino Rocks are centred at 62°23′06.5"S 59°19′32"W, which is 1.03 km (0.640013918749301 mi) wast-northeast of Kitchen PointKitchen 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 3.4 km (2.1 mi) south-southeast of Salient Rock. 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.