 Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
  Orsini Rock Location of Orsini Rock  Orsini Rock Orsini Rock (South Shetland Islands) | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°35′17.3″S 60°59′03″W / 62.588139°S 60.98417°W |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Area | 0.12 ha (0.30 acres) |
| Length | 90 m (300 ft) |
| Width | 46 m (151 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Orsini Rock (Bulgarian: скала Орсини, romanized: skala Orsini, IPA: [skɐˈla orˈsini]) is the rock off the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica 90 m long in west–east direction and 46 m wide, with a surface area of 0.42 ha. The vicinity was visited by early 19th century sealers.[1]
The feature is named after Latino Orsini (c. 1530–1580), an Italian politician and military who invented the surveying instrument radio latino; in association with other names in the area deriving from the early development or use of geodetic instruments and methods.
- ^ L. Ivanov. General Geography and History of Livingston Island. In: Bulgarian Antarctic Research: A Synthesis. Eds. C. Pimpirev and N. Chipev. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2015. pp. 17–28