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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Galiche Rock (BGR) 62° 23' 43.0" S 59° 20' 53.0" W
Name ID: 137090 Place ID: 18747

The large rock off the E coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands situated 150 m NE of Somovit Point, 780 m S of Kitchen Point and 900 m N of Batuliya Point. Extending 300 m in NW-SE direction and 180 m in NE-SW direction. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009. Named after the settlement of Galiche in Northwestern Bulgaria.

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