Buchino Rocks
Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands
Buchino Rocks is located in Antarctica
Buchino Rocks
Buchino Rocks
Location of Buchino Rocks
Buchino Rocks is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Buchino Rocks
Buchino Rocks
Buchino Rocks (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°23′25″S 59°53′13″W / 62.39028°S 59.88694°W / -62.39028; -59.88694
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Buchino Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Бучино, romanized: Skali Buchino) (ska-'li 'bu-chi-no) is a group of rocks off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated 1.5 km (0.93 mi) northwest of Stoker Island, 1.6 km (0.99 mi) southeast of Romeo Island and 1.9 km (1.2 mi) north-northwest of Tvarditsa Rocks.

The rocks are named after the settlements of Buchino, and Golemo (Great) Buchino and Malo (Little) Buchino in western Bulgaria.

Location

Buchino Rocks are located at 62°23′25″S 59°53′13″W / 62.39028°S 59.88694°W / -62.39028; -59.88694. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

See also

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

External links


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

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.


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