title: Orsoya Rocks
text: # Orsoya Rocks
  
  Orsoya Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Орсоя, ‘Skali Orsoya’ \ska-'li or-'so-ya\) is the group of rocks off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, situated west-northwest of Mellona Rocks, north-northeast of Milev Rocks and east-northeast of Opaka Rocks, and extending 650 m in northwest-southeast direction and 500 m in northeast-southwest direction.
  
  The rocks are named after the settlement of Orsoya in Northwestern Bulgaria.
  
  ## Location
  
  Orsoya Rocks are centred at 62°17′39″S 59°31′32″W﻿ / ﻿62.29417°S 59.52556°W﻿ / -62.29417; -59.52556, which is 4.78 km north of Newell Point. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009.
  
  