Nikudin Rock

Nikudin Rock

Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 62°23′01.7″S 59°50′33″W / 62.383806°S 59.84250°W / -62.383806; -59.84250Coordinates: 62°23′01.7″S 59°50′33″W / 62.383806°S 59.84250°W / -62.383806; -59.84250
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.

Nikudin Rock (Bulgarian: скала Никудин, ‘Skala Nikudin’ \ska-'la ni-ku-'din\) is the high, round rock of diameter 180 m and split in northeast-southwest direction, lying off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

The rock is named after the settlement of Nikudin in Southwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Nikudin Rock is located at 62°23′01.7″S 59°50′33″W / 62.383806°S 59.84250°W / -62.383806; -59.84250, which is 2.25 km west-northwest of Emeline Island, 1.3 km north by east of Stoker Island and 4 km east-southeast of Romeo Island, and is separated from neighbouring Holmes Rock to the east-northeast by a 150 m wide passage. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

Maps

References

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


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