Name details

Norway Rocks

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114025

Feature type: Reef (5)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A reef of rocks approximately 4km south of Bernacchi Head, the south-eastern extremity of Franklin Island, in the Ross Sea. The features have not been surveyed by modern charting.

Named For

Named by Borchgrevink, a native of Norway, leader of the British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova expedition, BAE), 1898-1900. Ross, on his voyage in 1841, had discovered but not named these rocks.

Location

Latitude:
76° 12' 42.3" S
-76.21176°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
168° 24' 48.7" E
168.41352°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ Hydrographic Chart
Source Identifier:
NZ 14900 : April 1998
Source Scale:
1:2000000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

1:250k maps misposition islands and rocks. Note, hydrographic charts record the features as position doubtful. They appear to have never been resurveyed/proved to exist.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
1-Jan-1958

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