Rusokastro Rock

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Rusokastro Rock
Rusokastro Rock (Antarctica)
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 62°24′17.6″S60°05′10″W / 62.404889°S 60.08611°W / -62.404889; -60.08611
Archipelago South Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Rusokastro Rock (Bulgarian : скала Русокастро, ‘Skala Rusokastro’ ska-'la ru-so-'kas-tro) is a twin rock at the north entrance to McFarlane Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 170 m in northwest-southeast direction and 70 m wide, with its two parts separated by a 30 m wide passage. It is situated 1.6 km (0.99 mi) northeast of Pyramid Island, 5.7 km (3.54 mi) northeast of Williams Point on Livingston Island, and 5.7 km (3.54 mi) northwest of Duff Point on Greenwich Island. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

Bulgarian language South Slavic language

Bulgarian, is an Indo-European language and a member of the Southern branch of the Slavic language family.

McFarlane Strait

McFarlane Strait is a strait lying between Greenwich Island and Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands off Antarctica. It is 24 kilometres (13 nmi) long and 3 kilometres (1.6 nmi) wide. The name appears on an 1822 chart by Captain George Powell, a British sealer, and is now well established in international usage.

South Shetland Islands A group of islands north of the Antarctic Peninsula

The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of 3,687 square kilometres (1,424 sq mi). They lie about 120 kilometres (75 mi) north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between 430 kilometres (270 mi) to 900 kilometres (560 mi) south-west from the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for non-military purposes.

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The rock is named after the settlement and medieval fortress of Rusokastro in southeastern Bulgaria.

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Rusokastro is a village in Kameno Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Rusokastro Rock is located at 62°24′18″S60°05′07″W / 62.40500°S 60.08528°W / -62.40500; -60.08528 (Bulgarian mapping in 2009).

See also

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research organization

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Territorial claims in Antarctica Wikimedia list article

Seven sovereign states maintain a territorial claim on eight territories in Antarctica. These countries have tended to place their Antarctic scientific observation and study facilities within their respective claimed territories. A number of such facilities are located nowhere near their country's sector, however. Many nations such as Russia and the US have no claim anywhere in Antarctica, yet have large research facilities within the sectors of foreign countries.

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

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    References

    Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica The authoritative international gazetteer containing all the Antarctic toponyms

    The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all the Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about those names and the relevant geographical features. The Gazetteer includes also parts of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) gazetteer for under-sea features situated south of 60° south latitude.

    Antarctic Place-names Commission

    The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria.


    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 and Smith Island