Rabisha Rocks [SEP] continent
Rabisha Rocks
Rabisha Rocks (, ‘Skali Rabisha’ ska-'li ra-'bi-sha) is a group of rocks off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated northeast of Voluyak Rocks, north of Kabile Island and west of Ongley Island.
The rocks are named after the settlement of Rabisha and the homonymous lake in northwestern Bulgaria.
Location.
Rabisha Rocks are located at (Bulgarian mapping in 2009).
See also.
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic islands
, and the nearby Magura Cave, situated near the village of Rabisha. Another tourist attraction in the area is the Baba Vida medieval fortress in the nearby town of Vidin on the Danube river.
The Bulgarian Committee of the Natural Environment declared the rocks as a natural monument in 1949, and the rocks were listed in the Bulgarian National Register of Natural Landmarks in 1987.
In 1984, the Belogradchik Rocks and the Magura Cave were both placed on the Tentative List of places to be named to the UNESCO World Heritage Site