Name details

Ørnen Rocks

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110447

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

awash off Cape Melville, Destruction Harbour, King George Island, were charted by the Vesterlid whaling expedition (August F. Christensen) in 1908-09, and named Ørnen Klippene after the Norwegian whaling company A/S Ørnen and its ship Ørnen, one of the first modern whale catchers (Orne Harbour, q.v.), which ran aground on the rocks in that season (Aagaard, 1930, p.345). Ornen [sic] Rocks (BA chart 1238, xi.1910; Herdman, 1932, chart 6; APC, 1955, p.16). Rocher de l'Orn [sic] (Charcot, 1912, Pl. 1). Rochers de l'Örn (Bongrain, 1914, vue 1 following p.60). Orne [sic] Rocks (Ferguson, chart, 1918a; 1921, map p.38). Ornen Skjne. (HA chart, 1928). The rocks were re-charted by DI in 1937. Ornend [sic] Rocks (Hill, 1937). Rocas Ornen (Argentina. MM chart 104, 1949; Pierrou, 1970, p.568; Chile. 1974, p.217). Rocher de l'Orne [sic] (France. SHM chart 5504, 1951). Ornen (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.207). Rocas Horne [sic] (Cordini, 1955, p.37). Örnen Rocks (APC, 1960, p.6). Ørnen Rocks (APC, 1961, p.3; USOO chart 6943, 1963; DOS 610 sheet W 62 56, 1968). Skaly Ernen (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl. 175).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 00' 32.4" S
-62.00900°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
57° 33' 54.0" W
-57.56500°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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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:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
8-Sep-1953

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