Dlagnya Rocks

Dlagnya Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Длъгня, ‘Skali Dlagnya’ \ska-'li 'dl&g-nya\) are the several contiguous rocks in Zed Islands off Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands extending 540 m in north-south direction and 60 m wide. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

Dlagnya Rocks
Location of Dlagnya Rocks
Dlagnya Rocks
Dlagnya Rocks
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°25′38″S 60°09′39″W
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

The rocks are named after the settlement of Dlagnya in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Dlagnya Rocks are centred at 62°25′38″S 60°09′39″W and situated 150 m east of Esperanto Island and 100 m west-southwest of Goritsa Rocks. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Maps
  • Livingston Island to King George Island. Scale 1:200000. Admiralty Nautical Chart 1776. Taunton: UK Hydrographic Office, 1968.
  • 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 (Second edition 2010, ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5)
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

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


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