Summary
Suhache Rock (Bulgarian: скала Сухаче, ‘Skala Suhache’ \ska-'la su-'ha-che\) is the rock off the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 270 m (890 ft) in east-northeast to west-southwest direction and 50 m (160 ft) wide. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
 Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
  Suhache Rock Location on Antarctic Peninsula  Suhache Rock Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°19′25.3″S 59°42′35″W / 62.323694°S 59.70972°W |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
The rock is named after the settlement of Suhache in Northern Bulgaria.
Location edit
Suhache Rock is located at 62°19′25.3″S 59°42′35″W / 62.323694°S 59.70972°W, which is 420 m (1,380 ft) west of Heywood Island, 850 m (2,790 ft) north of Rogozen Island and 1.64 km (1.02 mi) east of Potmess Rocks. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009.
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
- Suhache Rock. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links edit
- Suhache Rock. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
