Milev Rocks

Milev Rocks

Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 62°18′46″S 59°32′54″W / 62.31278°S 59.54833°W / -62.31278; -59.54833Coordinates: 62°18′46″S 59°32′54″W / 62.31278°S 59.54833°W / -62.31278; -59.54833
Archipelago South Shetland Islands
Administration
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Milev Rocks (Bulgarian: Милеви скали, ‘Milevi Skali’ \'mi-le-vi ska-'li\) is the group of rocks off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, situated east of Henfield Rock, south-southwest of Orsoya Rocks and southwest of Mellona Rocks, and extending 1.5 km (0.93 mi) in east-west direction and 600 m (656 yd) in north-south direction.

The rocks are named after the Bulgarian poet Geo Milev (pseudonym of Georgi Milyov Kasabov, 1895–1925).

Location

Milev Rocks are centred at 62°18′46″S 59°32′54″W / 62.31278°S 59.54833°W / -62.31278; -59.54833, which is 3.06 km (1.90 mi) north-northwest of Newell Point. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009.

See also

Maps

References

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


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