Orsoya Rocks

Orsoya Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Орсоя, ‘Skali Orsoya’ \ska-'li or-'so-ya\) is the group of rocks off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, situated west-northwest of Mellona Rocks, north-northeast of Milev Rocks and east-northeast of Opaka Rocks, and extending 650 m in northwest-southeast direction and 500 m in northeast-southwest direction.

The rocks are named after the settlement of Orsoya in Northwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Orsoya Rocks are centred at , which is 4.78 km north of Newell Point. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009.

Maps

References

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