Name details

Cruiser Rocks

Cruiser Rocks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Cruiser Rocks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108371

Feature type: Rock

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

submerged rocks off W coast of Elephant Island, were roughly charted by Powell in 1821-22 and named Cruisers, presumably in the sense that cruisers prey on shipping (Powell, chart, 1822a). Cruiser Rocks (BA chart 3175, 3.vi.1927; APC, 1955, p.8; DOS 610 sheet W 61 54 (Ext.), 1-GSGS 1972). Cruiser Boene (HA chart, 1928). Cruizer [sic] Rocks (BA chart 3175, 7.vii.1933). The rocks were recharted by DI, 1935-37. The Cruizers (France. SHM, 1937, p.392). Rocas Cruiser (Argentina. MM chart 64, 1939; Pierrou, 1970, p.275; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.87). Cruizers Rocks (USAAF chart [LR-]74, 1943). Récifs Cruiser (France. SHM chart 1148, 1947). Rocas Corsario [translation of English name] (Chile. DNH chart L, 1951). Rochers Cruiser (France. SHM chart 5452, 1951). Rocas Cruizer (Argentina. MM, 1958b, p.57). Cruiser (Cruizer) Rocks (USHO, 1961, p.113). Skaly Kruzer (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
61° 12' 57.6" S
-61.21600°
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Longitude:
55° 27' 57.6" W
-55.46600°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
22-Sep-1954

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