Koynare Rocks (, ‘Skali Koynare’ ska-'li koy-'na-re) are a small group of rocks in Hero Bay off the north coast Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated northeast of Siddins Point, northwest of Bezmer Point, and south of Miladinovi Islets. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
The rocks are named after the town of Koynare in northwestern Bulgaria.
Location
Koynare Rocks are located at (Bulgarian mapping in 2009).
See also
Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
SCAR
Territorial claims in Antarctica
Maps
L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
Notes
References
Koynare Rocks. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)