Skrino Rocks

Skrino Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Скрино, ‘Skali Skrino’ \ska-'li skri-'no\) 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.

Skrino Rocks
Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands
Skrino Rocks
Location on Antarctic Peninsula
Skrino Rocks
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°23′06.5″S 59°19′32″W
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

The rocks are named after the settlement of Skrino in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Skrino Rocks are centered at 62°23′06.5″S 59°19′32″W, which is 1.03 km (0.64 mi) wast-northeast of Kitchen Point and 3.4 km (2.1 mi) south-southeast of Salient Rock. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009.

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

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

Notes

    References

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


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