Brahe Rock

62°33′56.6″S 61°08′27″W / 62.565722°S 61.14083°W / -62.565722; -61.14083ArchipelagoSouth Shetland IslandsArea0.14 ha (0.35 acres)Length85 m (279 ft)Width50 m (160 ft)AdministrationAdministered under the Antarctic TreatyDemographicsPopulationuninhabited

Brahe Rock (Bulgarian: скала Брахе, romanized: skala Brahe, IPA: [skɐˈla ˈbrahɛ]) is the rock off the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica 85 m long in west–east direction and 50 m wide, and split in three. Its surface area is 0.14 ha. The vicinity was visited by early 19th century sealers.^[1]

The feature is named after Tycho Brahe (1546–1601), a Danish astronomer who applied the triangulation method to map Hven (Ven) Island; in association with other names in the area deriving from the early development or use of geodetic instruments and methods.

Location

Brahe Rock is located at 62°33′56.6″S 61°08′27″W / 62.565722°S 61.14083°W / -62.565722; -61.14083,^[2] which is 2.55 km northeast of Essex Point, 430 m west of Window Island and 1.5 km north of Voyteh Point. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.

See also

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

Maps

• Livingston Island to King George Island. Scale 1:200000. Admiralty Nautical Chart 1776. Taunton: UK Hydrographic Office, 1968
• South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3373. DOS 610 - W 62 58. Tolworth, UK, 1968
• L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)
• L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

Notes

References

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

• Brahe Rock. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

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