Pingvin Rocks

Summary

Pingvin Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Пингвин, ‘Skali Pingvin’ \ska-'li ping-'vin\) is the group of rocks in Morton Strait off the northeast coast of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 670 m in west–east direction and 300 m in south–north direction. The area was visited by early 19th-century sealers.

Pingvin Rocks
Map of Livingston Island featuring Pingvin Rocks
Pingvin Rocks is located in Antarctica
Pingvin Rocks
Pingvin Rocks
Location of Pingvin Rocks
Pingvin Rocks is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Pingvin Rocks
Pingvin Rocks
Pingvin Rocks (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°43′05″S 61°13′57″W / 62.71806°S 61.23250°W / -62.71806; -61.23250
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Length670 m (2200 ft)
Width300 m (1000 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

The rocks are “named after the ocean fishing trawler Pingvin of the Bulgarian company Ocean Fisheries – Burgas whose ships operated in the waters of South Georgia, Kerguelen, the South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula from 1970 to the early 1990s. The Bulgarian fishermen, along with those of the Soviet Union, Poland and East Germany are the pioneers of modern Antarctic fishing industry.”[1] "Pingvin" means "penguin" in Bulgarian.

Location edit

Pingvin Rocks are centred at 62°43′05″S 61°13′57″W / 62.71806°S 61.23250°W / -62.71806; -61.23250, which is 1.7 km northwest of the northeast of President Head, 1 km northeast of Karposh Point and 5.8 km south-southwest of Devils Point on Livingston Island. Bulgarian mapping in 2018.

Maps edit

  • L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017; updated 2018.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References edit

External links edit

  • Pingvin Rocks. Copernix satellite image

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