The Despair Rocks (60°33′S 46°10′W) are a group of rocks 2 nautical miles (4 km) south of the Melsom Rocks and 7.5 nautical miles (14 km) west-southwest of Penguin Point, the northwest tip of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. They were discovered and named by Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer, an American sealer in the sloop James Monroe, and Captain George Powell, a British sealer in the sloop Dove, in the course of their joint cruise in December 1821.
References
Despair Rocks Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA