Patresh Rock

Summary

Patresh Rock (Bulgarian: скала Патреш, ‘Skala Patresh’ \ska-'la 'pa-tresh\) is a rock in Clothier Harbour on the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, extending 270 m in southeast-northwest direction and 40 m wide. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

Patresh Rock
Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands
Patresh Rock is located in Antarctica
Patresh Rock
Patresh Rock
Location of Patresh Rock
Patresh Rock is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Patresh Rock
Patresh Rock
Patresh Rock (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°20′41″S 59°39′39″W / 62.34472°S 59.66083°W / -62.34472; -59.66083
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

The rock is named after the settlement of Patresh in Northern Bulgaria.

Location edit

Patresh Rock is located at 62°20′41″S 59°39′39″W / 62.34472°S 59.66083°W / -62.34472; -59.66083, which is 530 m southwest of Hammer Point and 780 m northeast of Shipot Point. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

See also edit

Maps edit

  • Livingston Island to King George Island. Scale 1:200000. Admiralty Nautical Chart 1776. Taunton: UK Hydrographic Office, 1968.
  • 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 (Second edition 2010, ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5)
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References edit

External links edit

  • Patresh Rock. Copernix satellite image


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

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