Rusokastro Rock (, ‘Skala Rusokastro’ ska-'la ru-so-'kas-tro) is a twin rock at the north entrance to McFarlane Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending in northwest–southeast direction and wide, with its two parts separated by a wide passage. It is situated northeast of Pyramid Island, northeast of Williams Point on Livingston Island, and northwest of Duff Point on Greenwich Island. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
The rock is named after the settlement and medieval fortress of Rusokastro in southeastern Bulgaria.
Location Rusokastro Rock is located at (Bulgarian mapping in 2009).
See also Composite Antarctic Gazetteer List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S SCAR 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.
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References Rusokastro Rock. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links Rusokastro Rock. Copernix satellite image