Galiche Rock

62°23′43″S 59°20′53″W / 62.39528°S 59.34806°W / -62.39528; -59.34806ArchipelagoSouth Shetland IslandsAdministrationAdministered under the Antarctic Treaty SystemDemographicsPopulationUninhabited

Galiche Rock (Bulgarian: скала Галиче, ‘Skala Galiche’ \ska-'la 'ga-li-che\) is the large rock off Somovit Point on the east coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is extending 300 m (328 yd) in northwest-southeast direction and 180 m (197 yd) in northeast-southwest direction, and forming the south side of the entrance to Kruni Cove and the north side of the entrance to Tsepina Cove.^[1]

The rock is named after the settlement of Galiche in Northwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Galiche Rock is located 150 m (164 yd) northeast of Somovit Point, 780 m (853 yd) south of Kitchen Point and 900 m (984 yd) north of Batuliya Point. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009.

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

Maps

• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

Notes

References

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
• Galiche Rock. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

External links

• Galiche Rock. Copernix satellite image

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