Voluyak Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Волуяк, ‘Skali Voluyak’ ska-'li vo-'lu-yak) is a chain of rocks off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated 400 m (440 yd) north of Pavlikeni Point. Extending 1.9 km (1.2 mi) in southeast–northwest direction.
 Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
  Voluyak Rocks Location on Antarctic Peninsula  Voluyak Rocks Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°26′02″S 59°58′22″W / 62.43389°S 59.97278°W |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Length | 1.9 km (1.18 mi) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
The rocks are named after the settlement of Voluyak in western Bulgaria.
Location edit
Voluyak Rocks are centred at 62°26′02″S 59°58′22″W / 62.43389°S 59.97278°W (British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009).
See also edit
Map edit
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 edit
References edit
- Voluyak Rocks. Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links edit
- Voluyak Rocks. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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