Vetrilo Rocks

Vetrilo Rocks
Vetrilo Rocks is located in Antarctica
Vetrilo Rocks
Vetrilo Rocks
Location of Vetrilo Rocks
Vetrilo Rocks is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Vetrilo Rocks
Vetrilo Rocks
Vetrilo Rocks (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates64°56′57″S 64°00′26″W / 64.94917°S 64.00722°W / -64.94917; -64.00722
ArchipelagoWilhelm Archipelago
Area27 ha (67 acres)
Length970 m (3180 ft)
Width485 m (1591 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Vetrilo Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Ветрило, romanized: skali Vetrilo, IPA: [skɐˈli vɛˈtriɫo]) is the group of rocks lying in an aquatory of 27 ha that extends 970 m in west-southwest to east-northeast direction and 485 m in south-southeast to north-northwest direction in the Wauwermans Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Their surface area is 27 ha.[1]

The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a hand fan ('vetrilo' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.[1]

Location

Vetrilo Rocks are centred at 64°56′57″S 64°00′26″W / 64.94917°S 64.00722°W / -64.94917; -64.00722, which is 3.18 km south of Host Island, 5.55 km west-northwest of Zherav Island, 2.11 km north of the midpoint of Yato Rocks, and 4.7 km northeast of Kalmar Island in the Dannebrog Islands group. British mapping in 2001.

Maps

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Vetrilo Rocks. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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