Tvarditsa Rocks
Rocks the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
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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 – Authoritative international gazetteer containing all the Antarctic toponyms
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCAR – British organization
- Territorial claims in Antarctica – Land claims of the continent
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
