Name details

Oluf Rocks

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110431

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

in Gilbert Strait, between Trinity Island and Tower Island, Palmer Archipelago, were roughly charted by Johannessen, 1919-20, and, together with Ryge Rocks and Sven Rock, called Trinity Land (Johannessen, chart, [1919-20]); photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956 and, in association with Ryge Rocks and Sven Rock (q.v.), named after the Danish freighter Oluf Sven (Kapt. J.C. Ryge), which transported FIDASE to Deception Island in 1955 and 1956, and was used as a mobile base of operations by ground survey parties during two summer seasons (APC, 1960, p.6; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962). Rocas Paredes [referring to the present feature and Sven Rock], so called by CAE, 1947, probably after Cocinero [=cook] Luis Paredes Uribe, of the Chilean Navy (Chile. DNH chart 1400, 1961; IHA, 1974, p.220).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
63° 42' 00.0" S
-63.70000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
60° 10' 00.0" W
-60.16667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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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:
23-Sep-1960

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