Orsoya Rocks
Orsoya Rocks is the group of rocks off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, situated west-northwest of Mellona Rocks, north-northeast of Milev Rocks and east-northeast of Opaka Rocks, and extending 650 m in northwest-southeast direction and 500 m in northeast-southwest direction.
The rocks are named after the settlement of Orsoya in Northwestern Bulgaria.
Location
Orsoya Rocks are centred at, which is 4.78 km north of Newell Point. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009.Maps
- South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 62 58. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1968.
- Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.