'Aleko Rock' (Nos Aleko 'nos a-'le-ko) is a rocky point midway along the northeast coast of
Emona Anchorage in the east of
Livingston Island, projecting 150m to the west of southwest.
A nameless 400m wide cove is indented for 250m to the north of northwest, with two chains of rocks extending 80m and 50m in a westerly direction. The cove’s head features three rocks which are awash at high tide, the westernmost one lying 320m north of ''Aleko Rock'', while a larger rock rising to over 4m is located 90m southeast of ''Aleko Rock''.
The rock emerged during a recent glacier retreat and was first recorded in the Bulgarian recording of February 1995. The rock was mapped from a topographic survey of the region made from December 8, 1995 to February 8, 1996.
'Aleko' is the name of a peak of
Rila Mountain and a site on
Vitosha Mountain, named after
Aleko Konstantinov (1863-97), a prominent writer and proponent of wilderness exploration.
Location
The rock is located at which is 2km north-northeast of
Spanish Point, 3.28km northeast by north of Hespérides Point and 631km east-northeast of
Ereby Point.
See also
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List of Bulgarian toponyms in Antarctica
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Antarctic Place-names Commission
External links
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SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
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Reference Map