![]() Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 62°31′12″S 60°27′17.5″W / 62.52000°S 60.454861°W |
Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
Area | 0.02 ha (0.049 acres) |
Length | 37 m (121 ft) |
Width | 18 m (59 ft) |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty | |
Demographics | |
Population | uninhabited |
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Habermehl Rock (Bulgarian: скала Хабермел, romanized: skala Habermehl, Bulgarian pronunciation: [skɐˈla ˈhabɛrmɛlIPA]) is the rock off the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica 37 m long in southeast–northwest direction and 18 m wide, with a surface area of 0.02 ha. The vicinity was visited by early 19th century sealers.[1]
The feature is named after Erasmus Habermehl (c. 1538–1606), a Bohemian scientific instrument maker who created an early theodolite; in association with other names in the area deriving from the early development or use of geodetic instruments and methods.
Location
[edit]Habermehl Rock is located in Hero Bay at 62°31′12″S 60°27′17.5″W / 62.52000°S 60.454861°W,[2] which is 2.8 km north-northwest of Siddins Point, 9.7 km northeast of Avitohol Point and 8 km southwest of Desolation Island. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.
See also
[edit]Maps
[edit]- Livingston Island to King George Island. Scale 1:200000. Admiralty Nautical Chart 1776. Taunton: UK Hydrographic Office, 1968
- South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3373. DOS 610 - W 62 58. Tolworth, UK, 1968
- L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)
- L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
Notes
[edit]- ^ L. Ivanov. General Geography and History of Livingston Island. In: Bulgarian Antarctic Research: A Synthesis. Eds. C. Pimpirev and N. Chipev. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2015. pp. 17–28
- ^ Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission
References
[edit]- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
[edit]- Habermehl Rock. Adjusted Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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