Suhache Rock

62°19′25.3″S 59°42′35″W / 62.323694°S 59.70972°W / -62.323694; -59.70972ArchipelagoSouth Shetland IslandsAdministrationAdministered under the Antarctic Treaty SystemDemographicsPopulationuninhabited

Suhache Rock (Bulgarian: скала Сухаче, ‘Skala Suhache’ \ska-'la su-'ha-che\) is the rock off the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 270 m (890 ft) in east-northeast to west-southwest direction and 50 m (160 ft) wide. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

The rock is named after the settlement of Suhache in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Suhache Rock is located at 62°19′25.3″S 59°42′35″W / 62.323694°S 59.70972°W / -62.323694; -59.70972, which is 420 m (1,380 ft) west of Heywood Island, 850 m (2,790 ft) north of Rogozen Island and 1.64 km (1.02 mi) east of Potmess Rocks. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009.

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

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

External links

• Suhache Rock. Copernix satellite image

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