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 (2b)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Group of isolated rocks lying 2 mi N of Despair Rocks and 7 mi W of Penguin Point, the NW end of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. First seen and rudely charted by Capt. George Powell and Capt. Nathaniel Palmer during their joint cruise in December 1821. Named for Capt. H.G. Melsom, manager of the Thule Whaling Co., by Capt. Petter Sorlle, who conducted a running survey of the South Orkney Islands in 1912-13.
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