Tvarditsa Rocks
Tvarditsa Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Твърдица, Bulgarian: ‘Skali Tvarditsa’ ska-'li tv&r-'di-tsa) is a group of rocks off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated 1.9 km (1.2 mi) northeast of Ongley Island, 1.3 km (0.81 mi) southwest of Stoker Island and 2.6 km (1.6 mi) west of Sierra Island.
 Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
  Tvarditsa Rocks Location on Antarctic Peninsula  Tvarditsa Rocks Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°24′39″S 59°52′06″W |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
The rocks are named after the town of Tvarditsa in southeastern Bulgaria.
Location
Tvarditsa Rocks are located at 62°24′39″S 59°52′06″W (Bulgarian mapping in 2009).
See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- 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
- Tvarditsa Rocks. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Tvarditsa Rocks. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.