{{short description|Rocks the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica}} {{Infobox islands | name = Tvarditsa Rocks | image_name = | image_caption = | image_map = Greenwich-Island-location-map.png | image_map_caption = Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands | pushpin_map = Antarctica#Antarctic Peninsula | pushpin_map_caption = Location on Antarctic Peninsula##Location in Antarctica | pushpin_map_relief = yes | nickname = | location = Antarctica | coordinates = {{coord|62|24|39|S|59|52|06|W|}} | archipelago = South Shetland Islands | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = | length_km = | width_km = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | population = uninhabited | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | country = Antarctica | treaty_system = Antarctic Treaty System }}
'''Tvarditsa Rocks''' ({{langx|bg|скали Твърдица}}, {{langx|bg|‘Skali Tvarditsa’ ska-'li tv&r-'di-tsa}}) is a group of rocks off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated {{convert|1.9|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of Ongley Island, {{convert|1.3|km|mi|abbr=on}} southwest of Stoker Island and {{convert|2.6|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of Sierra Island.
The rocks are named after the town of Tvarditsa in southeastern Bulgaria.
==Location== Tvarditsa Rocks are located at {{coord|62|24|39|S|59|52|06|W|}} (Bulgarian mapping in 2009).
thumb|center|Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. == See also == * {{anl|Composite Antarctic Gazetteer}} * List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S * {{anl|Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research|SCAR}} * {{anl|Territorial claims in Antarctica}}
==Maps== L.L. Ivanov. [http://apcbg.org/image023.jpg 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}}
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==References== * [http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=136831 Tvarditsa Rocks.] SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer * [http://apcbg.org/gazet-bg.pdf Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.] Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, [http://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf basic data] in English)
==External links== * [https://copernix.io/#?where=-59.86833300000001,-62.410833,13&?query=&?map_type=hybrid Tvarditsa Rocks.] Copernix satellite image
{{Bulgarian-named Antarctic place}}
{{Portalbar|Islands|Geography}} {{South Shetlands}}
Category:Rock formations of Greenwich Island Category:Bulgaria and the Antarctic
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