Tvarditsa Rocks

Rocks the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
62°24′39″S 59°52′06″W / 62.41083°S 59.86833°W / -62.41083; -59.86833ArchipelagoSouth Shetland IslandsAdministration
Antarctica
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty SystemDemographicsPopulationuninhabited

Tvarditsa Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Твърдица, Bulgarian: ‘Skali Tvarditsa’ ska-'li tv&r-'di-tsa) is a group of rocks off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated 1.9 km (1.2 mi) northeast of Ongley Island, 1.3 km (0.81 mi) southwest of Stoker Island and 2.6 km (1.6 mi) west of Sierra Island.

The rocks are named after the town of Tvarditsa in southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Tvarditsa Rocks are located at 62°24′39″S 59°52′06″W / 62.41083°S 59.86833°W / -62.41083; -59.86833 (Bulgarian mapping in 2009).

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

See also

Maps

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

Notes

References

  • Tvarditsa Rocks. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
  • Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
  • Tvarditsa Rocks. Copernix satellite image


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

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