Name details

Aleko Rock

Aleko Rock (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Aleko Rock  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 105002

Feature type: Rock

Origin

This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Rocky point midway along the NE coast of Emona Anchorage, Livingston Island. Located 3.28km NE by N of Hespérides Point and 6.31km ENE of Ereby Point. Projecting 150m to the WSW, with two chains of rocks centred 120m to the WNW and 200m to the N. Emerged in a recent glacier retreat. Bulgarian mapping from a 1995-96 topographic survey of the region. Like Aleko Peak in Rila Mountain, Bulgaria, named for Aleko Konstantinov (1863-97), writer and proponent of wilderness exploration.

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Location

Latitude:
62° 37' 07.0" S
-62.61861°
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Longitude:
60° 20' 31.0" W
-60.34194°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
23-Feb-1995

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