Yato Rocks

Yato Rocks
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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	64°58′05″S 64°00′15″W / 64.96806°S 64.00417°W
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Area	25 ha (62 acres)
Length	780 m (2560 ft)
Width	560 m (1840 ft)
Administration
	Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Yato Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Ято, romanized: skali Yato, IPA: [skɐˈli ˈjato]) is the group of rocks lying in an aquatory of 25 ha that extends 780 m in west–east direction and 560 m in south–north direction in the Wauwermans Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Their surface area is 25 ha.^[1]

The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a flock of birds in flight, 'yato' being the Bulgarian for 'bird flock', and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.^[1]

Location[]

Yato Rocks are centred at

64°58′05″S 64°00′15″W / 64.96806°S 64.00417°WCoordinates:

64°58′05″S 64°00′15″W / 64.96806°S 64.00417°W, which is 5.27 km south of Host Island, 4.93 km west of Zherav Island, 2.11 km south of the midpoint of Vetrilo Rocks, and 3 km northeast of Kalmar Island in the Dannebrog Islands group. British mapping in 2001.

Maps[]

British Admiralty Nautical Chart 446 Anvers Island to Renaud Island. Scale 1:150000. Admiralty, UK Hydrographic Office, 2001
Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b Yato Rocks. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References[]

Yato Rocks. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links[]

Yato Rocks. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

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

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[CGA-1] Yato Rocks. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

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