Galiche Rock | |
Map: | Antarctica#Antarctic Peninsula |
Map Relief: | yes |
Location: | Antarctica |
Coordinates: | -62.3953°N -59.3481°W |
Archipelago: | South Shetland Islands |
Population: | Uninhabited |
Country: | None |
Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
Galiche Rock (bg|скала Галиче, ‘Skala Galiche’ \ska-'la 'ga-li-che\) is the large rock off Somovit Point on the east coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is extending 3000NaN0 in northwest-southeast direction and 1800NaN0 in northeast-southwest direction, and forming the south side of the entrance to Kruni Cove and the north side of the entrance to Tsepina Cove.[1]
The rock is named after the settlement of Galiche in Northwestern Bulgaria.
Galiche Rock is located 1500NaN0 northeast of Somovit Point, 7800NaN0 south of Kitchen Point and 9000NaN0 north of Batuliya Point. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009.