Perivol rock

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Perivol rock
Map of the Byers Peninsula (Livingston Island) with the northern part of Snow Island (bottom left) and Perivol Rock
Map of the Byers Peninsula ( Livingston Island ) with the northern part of Snow Island (bottom left) and Perivol Rock
Waters Drake Street
Archipelago South Shetland Islands
Geographical location 62 ° 42 ′ 2 ″  S , 61 ° 20 ′ 52 ″  W Coordinates: 62 ° 42 ′ 2 ″  S , 61 ° 20 ′ 52 ″  W
Perivol Rock (South Shetland Islands)
Perivol rock
length 230 m
width 170 m

The Perivol Rock (English; Bulgarian скала Перивол skala Periwol ) is a south-east-northwest orientation 230 m long and 170 m wide cliff rock off the coast of Snow Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 750 m northwest of Cape Timblón and 1.28 km north-northeast of Mezdra Point .

British scientists mapped it in 1968, Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2012 after the town of Perivol in western Bulgaria .

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