Goritsa Rocks

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

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

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Place ID: 19375
Name ID: 137712

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

Two contiguous rocks in Zed Islands, South Shetland Islands extending 330 m in NW-SE direction and 70 m wide. Situated 100 m ENE of Dlagnya Rocks and 2.82 km WSW of Pyramid Island. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian mapping in 2009. Named after the settlements of Goritsa in Northeastern and Southeastern Bulgaria.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 25' 32.0" S
-62.42556°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
60° 09' 25.0" W
-60.15694°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

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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