Nikudin Rock

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

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

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Place ID: 19420
Name ID: 137707

Feature type: Rock (5)

Origin

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

Narrative

The high, round rock of diameter 180 m and split in NE-SW direction, lying off the N coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands. Situated 2.25 km WNW of Emeline Island, 1.3 km N by E of Stoker Island and 4 km ESE of Romeo Island, and separated from neighbouring Holmes Rock to the ENE by a 150 m wide passage. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian mapping in 2009. Named after the settlement of Nikudin in Southwestern Bulgaria.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 23' 01.7" S
-62.38381°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
59° 50' 33.0" W
-59.84250°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
21-Oct-2013

Related information

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