Makresh Rocks

Makresh Rocks (скали Макреш, ‘Skali Makresh’ ska-'li 'ma-kresh) are a group of rocks situated 1.8 km northeast of Treklyano Island off the northeast coast of Robert Island, South Shetland Islands. Extending 600 m in west-southwest to east-northeast direction, and 270 m in northwest-southeast direction. The solitary Salient Rock -62.35667°N, -59.34972°W is lying 1.73 km east of the midpoint of Makresh Rocks and 2 km northeast of Smirnenski Point.

The feature is named after the settlement of Makresh in northwestern Bulgaria. Salient Rock was descriptively named Roca Saliente by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition and charted in 1951.

Location
Makresh Rocks are centred at -62.35472°N, -59.38278°W (Bulgarian mapping in 2009).

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