Name details

Milev Rocks

Milev Rocks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Milev Rocks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 137086

Feature type:

Origin

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

Narrative

The group of rocks off the N coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands situated E of Henfield Rock, SSW of Orsoya Rocks and SW of Mellona Rocks. Centred 3.06 km NNW of Newell Point, and extending 1.5 km in E-W direction and 600 m in N-S direction. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009. Named after the Bulgarian poet Geo Milev (pseudonym of Georgi Milyov Kasabov, 1895-1925).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 18' 46.0" S
-62.31278°
Accurate to 0m
Longitude:
59° 32' 54.0" W
-59.54833°
Accurate to 0m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Accurate to 0m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown The coordinates for this place name were derived from Map id 0 - This map does not exist in the SCAR Map Catalogue. in the SCAR Map Catalogue.
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
14-Sep-2010

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