Skrino Rocks Explained

Skrino Rocks
Image Map Caption:Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands
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Location:Antarctica
Coordinates:-62.3851°N -59.3256°W
Archipelago:South Shetland Islands
Population:uninhabited
Country:Antarctica
Treaty System:Antarctic Treaty System

Skrino Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Скрино, ‘Skali Skrino’ \ska-'li skri-'no\) is the chain of rocks off the east coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, extending 5700NaN0 in east–west direction.

The rocks are named after the settlement of Skrino in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Skrino Rocks are centered at -62.3851°N -59.3256°W, which is 1.03km (00.64miles) west-northeast of Kitchen Point and 3.4km (02.1miles) south-southeast of Salient Rock. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009.

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