Nessie Rock
,_Antarctica.jpg) Nessie Rock (on the right) from near Hannah Point | |
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| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°38′36.7″S 60°32′58.5″W / 62.643528°S 60.549583°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Area | 0.4 ha (0.99 acres) |
| Length | 111 m (364 ft) |
| Width | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Nessie Rock (Bulgarian: скала Неси, romanized: skala Nessie, IPA: [skɐˈla ˈnɛsi]) is the rock off the northwest coast of South Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica 111 m long in southeast–northwest direction and 50 m wide, with a surface area of 0.4 ha.
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling the mythical Loch Ness monster.
Location[edit]
Nessie Rock is located at 62°38′36.7″S 60°32′58.5″W / 62.643528°S 60.549583°WCoordinates: 62°38′36.7″S 60°32′58.5″W / 62.643528°S 60.549583°W
,[1] which is 3.8 km east-northeast from Hannah Point, 340 m east of Lukovo Point and 4.67 km west-southwest of Ereby Point. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.
See also[edit]
Maps[edit]
- Livingston Island to King George Island. Scale 1:200000. Admiralty Chart 1776. UK Hydrographic Office, 1968
- South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Sheet W 62 60. Tolworth, UK, 1968
- L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 Search this book on
. (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4 Search this book on .) - L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0 Search this book on .
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission
References[edit]
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links[edit]
- Nessie Rock. Adjusted Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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