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Antarctica

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Archipelago
  
South Shetland Islands

Island group
  
South Shetland Islands

Suhache Rock

Suhache Rock (Bulgarian: скала Сухаче, ‘Skala Suhache’ ska-'la su-'ha-che) is the rock off the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands extending 270 m in east-northeast to west-southwest direction and 50 m wide. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

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Map of Suhache Rock, Antarctica

The rock is named after the settlement of Suhache in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Suhache Rock is located at 62°19′25.3″S 59°42′35″W, which is 420 m west of Heywood Island, 850 m north of Rogozen Island and 1.64 km east of Potmess Rocks. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian 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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    Suhache Rock Wikipedia
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