Bekas Rock

Bekas Rock (Bulgarian: скала Бекас, ‘Skala Bekas’ \ska-'la be-'kas\) is the 140 m long in southwest-northeast direction and 60 m wide rock lying west of Rugged Island on the west side of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

Bekas Rock
Map of Livingston Island featuring Bekas Rock
Bekas Rock
Location of Bekas Rock
Bekas Rock
Bekas Rock (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°37′48″S 61°20′12″W
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Length140 m (460 ft)
Width60 m (200 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

The rock is “named after the ocean fishing trawler Bekas 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]

Location

Bekas Rock is located at 62°37′48″S 61°20′12″W, which is 2.63 km southwest of Cape Sheffield, 1.95 km west by south of Ugain Point, 2.73 km northwest of Benson Point and 4.5 km southeast of the larger of the two Eddystone Rocks. Bulgarian mapping in 2018.

Maps

Notes
  1. Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References


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


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