Koynare Rocks

62°29′33″S 60°20′27″W / 62.49250°S 60.34083°W / -62.49250; -60.34083ArchipelagoSouth Shetland IslandsAdministrationAdministered under the Antarctic Treaty SystemDemographicsPopulation0

Koynare Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Койнаре, ‘Skali Koynare’ ska-'li koy-'na-re) are a small group of rocks in Hero Bay off the north coast Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated 7.5 km (4.66 mi) northeast of Siddins Point, 5.3 km (3.29 mi) northwest of Bezmer Point, and 1.4 km (0.87 mi) south of Miladinovi Islets. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

The rocks are named after the town of Koynare in northwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Koynare Rocks are located at 62°29′33″S 60°20′27″W / 62.49250°S 60.34083°W / -62.49250; -60.34083 (Bulgarian mapping in 2009).

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

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

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

External links

• Koynare Rocks. Copernix satellite image

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