Ryge Rocks

Ryge Rocks (63°40′S 60°0′W) is a group of rocks lying east of Oluf Rocks, in the Palmer Archipelago. Photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) in 1955-57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for J.C. Ryge, Danish master of the freighter Oluf Sven, chartered by the FIDASE, 1955-57.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Ryge Rocks" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).