Rusokastro rock
| Rusokastro rock | ||
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| Waters | McFarlane Strait | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 24 '17.6 " S , 60 ° 5' 10" W | |
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| length | 170 m | |
| width | 70 m | |
Rusokastro Rock (English; Bulgarian скала Русокастро skala Russokastro ) is a northwest-southeast orientation 170 m long and 70 m wide twin cliffs in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 1.6 km northeast of Pyramid Island , 5.7 km northeast of Williams Point and 5.7 km northwest of Duff Point in the northern entrance to McFarlane Strait between Livingston Island and Greenwich Island . Its two parts are separated from each other by a 30 m wide passage .
Bulgarian scientists mapped the double rock in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2009 after the medieval fortress Rusokastro in southeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Rusokastro Rock in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)