Melsom Rocks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Melsom Rocks (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Rock
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:
rising c. 30m above sea level W of Penguin Point, Coronation Island, and N of Despair Rocks, were probably sighted by Powell and Palmer in December 1821; charted by Sørlle, 1912-13, and named after Kapt. Henrik Govenius Melsom (1870-1946), Norwegian Manager, Thule Whaling Company, who employed Sørlle as Gunner in Paal, 1912-13, and who in 1925-26, off the South Orkney Islands and South Shetland Islands, operated the whale factory ship Lancing (Kapt. Hans P. Hansen), the first ship to be fitted with a slipway for hauling whales to the deck (Sørlle and Borge, chart, 1913). Melsomholmene (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). Rocas Melsom (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930; Pierrou, 1970, p.516). The rocks were recharted by DI in 1933. Melsom Rocks (BA chart 3175, 7.vii.1933; 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.15; DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963). Melsom Island, referring to the largest rock (Marr, 1935, Pl.25). Melsom Rock (France. SHM, 1937, p.390). Metsom [sic] Rocks (BA chart 3176, 1950).
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