Borda Rock

62°55′01.6″S 62°32′15″W / 62.917111°S 62.53750°W / -62.917111; -62.53750ArchipelagoSouth Shetland IslandsArea1.46 ha (3.6 acres)Length270 m (890 ft)Width90 m (300 ft)AdministrationAdministered under the Antarctic TreatyDemographicsPopulationuninhabited

Borda Rock (Bulgarian: скала Борда, romanized: skala Borda, IPA: [skɐˈla borˈda]) is the rock off the NW coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica 270 m long in southwest-northeast direction and 90 m wide (extending 543 by 175 m together with the adjacent minor rocks). Its surface area is 1.46 ha. The vicinity was visited by early 19th century sealers.^[1]

The feature is named after Jean-Charles de Borda (1733-1799), a French mathematician, physicist and Navy officer who refined the reflecting circle; in association with other names in the area deriving from the early development or use of geodetic instruments and methods.

Location

Borda Rock is located at 62°55′01.6″S 62°32′15″W / 62.917111°S 62.53750°W / -62.917111; -62.53750,^[2] which is 240 m northwest of Gregory Point. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.

See also

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

Maps

• 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)
• South Shetland Islands: Smith and Low Islands. Scale 1:150000 topographic map No. 13677. British Antarctic Survey, 2009
• 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

References

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

• Borda Rock. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.