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Orsoya Rocks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Orsoya Rocks (The name as it would appear on a map)
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This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The group of rocks off the N coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands situated WNW of Mellona Rocks, NNE of Milev Rocks and ENE of Opaka Rocks. Centred 4.78 km N of Newell Point, and extending 650 m in NW-SE direction and 500 m in NE-SW direction. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009. Named after the settlement of Orsoya in Northwestern Bulgaria.
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