Rusokastro Rock is a rock at the north entrance to McFarlane Strait

McFarlane Strait

McFarlane Strait is the 24.5 km long and 3.35 km wide strait lying between Greenwich and Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands...

 in the South Shetland Islands

South Shetland Islands

The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...

, Antarctica situated 1.6 km (0.994196378639691 mi) northeast of Pyramid Island

Pyramid Island, South Shetland Islands

Pyramid Island is a conspicuous, pillar-shaped rocky island rising to off the north entrance to McFarlane Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Its surface area is . Cone Rock is rising to south of the island, north-northwest of Meade Islands, northeast of Williams Point and east...

, 5.7 km (3.54 mi) northeast of Williams Point

Williams Point

Williams Point is the point forming both the north extremity of Varna Peninsula and the northeast tip of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...

 on Livingston Island, and 5.7 km (3.54 mi) northwest of Duff Point

Duff Point

Duff Point is a point forming the west extremity of Greenwich Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The name Duffs Straits was applied to McFarlane Strait by James Weddell in 1820-23, after Captain Norwich Duff under whom Weddell served in HMS Espoir in 1814...

 on Greenwich Island

Greenwich Island (South Shetland Islands)

Greenwich Island is an island long and from wide, lying between Robert Island and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Surface area...

. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers

Seal hunting

Seal hunting, or sealing, is the personal or commercial hunting of seals. The hunt is currently practiced in five countries: Canada, where most of the world's seal hunting takes place, Namibia, the Danish region of Greenland, Norway and Russia...

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The rock is named after the settlement and medieval

Middle Ages

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 fortress of Rusokastro

Rusokastro

Rusokastro is a village in the municipality of Kameno, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria.-References:...

 in southeastern Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

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Location

Rusokastro Rock is located at 62°24′18"S 60°05′07"W (Bulgarian mapping in 2009).

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
  Scar
  Scars are areas of fibrous tissue that replace normal skin after injury. A scar results from the biological process of wound repair in the skin and other tissues of the body. Thus, scarring is a natural part of the healing process. With the exception of very minor lesions, every wound results in...
  
  
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

Map

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

External links

• Rusokastro Rock. SCAR
  Scar
  Scars are areas of fibrous tissue that replace normal skin after injury. A scar results from the biological process of wound repair in the skin and other tissues of the body. Thus, scarring is a natural part of the healing process. With the exception of very minor lesions, every wound results in...
  
   Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
  Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
  The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all the Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about those names and the relevant geographical features...
  
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