Makresh Rocks ( bg, скали Макреш, ‘Skali Makresh’ ska-'li 'ma-kresh) are a group of rocks situated northeast of

Treklyano Island Treklyano Island ( bg, остров Трекляно, ostrov Treklyano, ) is an island off the northeast coast of Robert Island, South Shetland Islands Extending , with a low rocky formation projecting northeastwards, the island emerged as a di ...

off the northeast coast of

Robert Island Robert Island or Mitchells Island or Polotsk Island or Roberts Island is an island long and wide, situated between Nelson Island and Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Robert Island is located at . Surface area . T ...

South Shetland Islands The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 1 ...

. Extending in west-southwest to east-northeast direction, and in northwest-southeast direction. The solitary ''Salient Rock'' is lying east of the midpoint of Makresh Rocks and northeast of

Smirnenski Point Smirnenski Point ( bg, нос Смирненски, ‘Nos Smirnenski’ \'nos 'smir-nen-ski\) is a narrow, ice-free point on the east coast of Robert Island projecting 1.1 km into Nelson Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, and ...

. The feature is named after the settlement of Makresh in northwestern

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. Salient Rock was descriptively named ''Roca Saliente'' by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition and charted in 1951.