Voluyak Rocks

62°26′02″S 59°58′22″W / 62.43389°S 59.97278°W / -62.43389; -59.97278ArchipelagoSouth Shetland IslandsLength1.9 km (1.18 mi)AdministrationAdministered under the Antarctic Treaty SystemDemographicsPopulationuninhabited

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.

The rocks are named after the settlement of Voluyak in western Bulgaria.

Location

Voluyak Rocks are centred at 62°26′02″S 59°58′22″W / 62.43389°S 59.97278°W / -62.43389; -59.97278 (British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009).

See also

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

Map

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

• Voluyak Rocks. Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

• Voluyak Rocks. Copernix satellite image

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