Patresh Rock

Patresh Rock

Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands
Patresh Rock
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°20′41″S 59°39′39″W / 62.34472°S 59.66083°WCoordinates: 62°20′41″S 59°39′39″W / 62.34472°S 59.66083°W
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Administration
None
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Patresh Rock (Bulgarian: скала Патреш, ‘Skala Patresh’ \ska-'la 'pa-tresh\) is the rock in Clothier Harbour on the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands extending 270 m in southeast-northwest direction and 40 m wide. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

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

Location

Patresh Rock is located at 62°20′41″S 59°39′39″W / 62.34472°S 59.66083°W, which is 530 m southwest of Hammer Point and 780 m northeast of Shipot Point. 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.

References

• Patresh Rock. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

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