Bekas Rock (Bulgarian : скала Бекас , ‘Skala Bekas’ \ska-'la be-'kas\) is the 140 m long in southwest-northeast direction and 60 m wide rock lying west of Rugged Island on the west side of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands , Antarctica . The area was visited by early 19th century sealers .
The rock is “named after the ocean fishing trawler Bekas of the Bulgarian company Ocean Fisheries – Burgas whose ships operated in the waters of South Georgia , Kerguelen , the South Orkney Islands , South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula from 1970 to the early 1990s. The Bulgarian fishermen, along with those of the Soviet Union , Poland and East Germany are the pioneers of modern Antarctic fishing industry .”[ 1]
Location
Bekas Rock is located at 62°37′48″S 61°20′12″W / 62.63000°S 61.33667°W / -62.63000; -61.33667 Cape Sheffield , 1.95 km west by south of Ugain Point , 2.73 km northwest of Benson Point and 4.5 km southeast of the larger of the two Eddystone Rocks . Bulgarian mapping in 2017.
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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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