Bekas rock
| Bekas rock | ||
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 37 ′ 48 ″ S , 61 ° 20 ′ 12 ″ W | |
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| length | 140 m | |
| width | 60 m | |
The Bekas Rock (English; Bulgarian скала Бекас skala Bekas ) is a southwest-northeast orientation 140 m long and 60 m wide cliff rock in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 2.63 km southwest of Cape Sheffield , 1.95 km west to south of Ugain Point , 2.73 km northwest of Benson Point and 4.5 km southeast of the larger of the two Eddystone Rocks off the west coast of Rugged Island .
This area was visited by the first seal hunters at the beginning of the 19th century . Bulgarian scientists mapped the rock in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2018 after the Bulgarian trawler Bekas .
Web links
- Bekas Rock in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)