Perivol Rock

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Perivol Rock
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Location of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands
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Perivol Rock
Location of Perivol Rock
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Perivol Rock
Perivol Rock (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 62°42′02″S61°20′52″W / 62.70056°S 61.34778°W / -62.70056; -61.34778
Length230 m (750 ft)
Width170 m (560 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Perivol Rock (Bulgarian : скала Перивол, ‘Skala Perivol’ \ska-'la pe-ri-'vol\) is the rock off Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, extending 230 m in a southeast–northwest direction and 170 m wide.

Contents

The feature is named after the settlement of Perivol in western Bulgaria.

Location

Perivol Rock is located 750 m northwest of Cape Timblón and 1.28 km north-northeast of Mezdra Point. British mapping in 1968, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.

See also

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References

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

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Topographic map of Livingston Island featuring Perivol Rock