Voluyak Rocks
 Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands. | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°26′02″S 59°58′22″W / 62.43389°S 59.97278°W |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Length | 1.9 km (1.18 mi) |
| Country | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
| Additional information | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Voluyak Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Волуяк, ‘Skali Voluyak’ ska-'li vo-'lu-yak) is a chain of rocks off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated 400 m (440 yd) north of Pavlikeni Point. Extending 1.9 km (1.2 mi) in southeast-northwest direction.
The rocks are named after the settlement of Voluyak in western Bulgaria.
Location
Voluyak Rocks are centred at 62°26′02″S 59°58′22″W / 62.43389°S 59.97278°W (British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009).
See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCAR
- 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
References
External links
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.