Opaka Rocks

Opaka Rocks

Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Opaka Rocks
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°18′19″S 59°35′10″W / 62.30528°S 59.58611°W / -62.30528; -59.58611Coordinates: 62°18′19″S 59°35′10″W / 62.30528°S 59.58611°W / -62.30528; -59.58611
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

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

Opaka Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Опака, ‘Skali Opaka’ ska-'li 'o-pa-ka) are a group of rocks with the principal one situated 700 m (766 yd) north of Henfield Rock, 3.44 km (2.14 mi) east of Pordim Islands and 4.79 km west by south of Mellona Rocks off the north coast of Robert Island, South Shetland Islands. Bulgarian early early mapping in 2009. Named after the town of Opaka in northeastern Bulgaria.

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

References

External links

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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