Tvarditsa Rocks Explained

Tvarditsa Rocks
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Location:Antarctica
Coordinates:-62.4108°N -59.8683°W
Archipelago:South Shetland Islands
Population:uninhabited
Country:Antarctica
Treaty System:Antarctic Treaty System

Tvarditsa Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Твърдица, Bulgarian: ‘Skali Tvarditsa’ ska-'li tv&r-'di-tsa) is a group of rocks off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated 1.9km (01.2miles) northeast of Ongley Island, 1.3km (00.8miles) southwest of Stoker Island and 2.6km (01.6miles) west of Sierra Island.

The rocks are named after the town of Tvarditsa in southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Tvarditsa Rocks are located at -62.4108°N -59.8683°W (Bulgarian mapping in 2009).

See also

Maps

L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.

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