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Eddystone Rocks (South Shetland Islands)

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Eddystone Rocks (South Shetland Islands)

Eddystone Rocks is a group of two rocks (the north one being the larger) lying to the northwest of Rugged Island off western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

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Map of Eddystone Rocks, Antarctica

The feature was charted and named in 1821 by Robert Fildes after the Eddystone Rocks off Plymouth, England.

Location

The rocks are centred at 62°35′54.9″S 61°23′11.6″W which is 3.54 km (2.2 mi) west-southwest of The Pointers and 4.73 km (2.94 mi) west-northwest of Cape Sheffield, Rugged Island (British mapping in 1821, 1822, 1933 and 1968, French in 1937, Argentine in 1946, 1957 and 1980, Chilean in 1971, and Bulgarian in 2009).

Maps

  • Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c. from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
  • L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

    • References

    Eddystone Rocks (South Shetland Islands) Wikipedia
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