Belchin Rock
Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. | |
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| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°31′37″S 60°24′26″W / 62.52694°S 60.40722°W |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Belchin Rock (Bulgarian: скала Белчин, ‘Skala Belchin’ ska-'la bel-'chin) is a rock off the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated in Hero Bay 2.2 km (1.4 mi) northeast of Siddins Point and 2 km (1.2 mi) north of Melta Point.
The rock is named after the settlement of Belchin in western Bulgaria.
Location
Belchin Rock is located at 62°31′37″S 60°24′26″W / 62.52694°S 60.40722°W. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2010.
See also
- Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
- 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
Notes
References
- Belchin Rock. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Belchin Rock. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.