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Location
  
Antarctica

Population
  
Uninhabited

Archipelago
  
South Shetland Islands

Island group
  
South Shetland Islands

Nikudin Rock

Nikudin Rock (Bulgarian: скала Никудин, ‘Skala Nikudin’ ska-'la ni-ku-'din) is the high, round rock of diameter 180 m and split in northeast-southwest direction, lying off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

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Map of Nikudin Rock, Antarctica

The rock is named after the settlement of Nikudin in Southwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Nikudin Rock is located at 62°23′01.7″S 59°50′33″W, which is 2.25 km west-northwest of Emeline Island, 1.3 km north by east of Stoker Island and 4 km east-southeast of Romeo Island, and is separated from neighbouring Holmes Rock to the east-northeast by a 150 m wide passage. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

Maps

  • Livingston Island to King George Island. Scale 1:200000. Admiralty Nautical Chart 1776. Taunton: UK Hydrographic Office, 1968.
  • L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4 (Second edition 2010, ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5)
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

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