Pingvin Rocks

Pingvin Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Пингвин, ‘Skali Pingvin’ \ska-'li ping-'vin\) is the group of rocks in Morton Strait off the northeast coast of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 670 m in west–east direction and 300 m in south–north direction. The area was visited by early 19th-century sealers.

Pingvin Rocks
Map of Livingston Island featuring Pingvin Rocks
Pingvin Rocks
Location of Pingvin Rocks
Pingvin Rocks
Pingvin Rocks (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°43′05″S 61°13′57″W
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Length670 m (2200 ft)
Width300 m (1000 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

The rocks are “named after the ocean fishing trawler Pingvin 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] "Pingvin" means "penguin" in Bulgarian.

Location

Pingvin Rocks are centred at 62°43′05″S 61°13′57″W, which is 1.7 km northwest of the northeast of President Head, 1 km northeast of Karposh Point and 5.8 km south-southwest of Devils Point on Livingston Island. 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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