Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Rugged, Rocas (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Rugged, Rocas (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island (5)
This name originates from Chile. It is part of the Chile Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Estas rocas eran conocidas por los antiguos balleneros chilenos y noruegos que operaron en esta zona y aparecen en el mapa de Powell de 1822. En 1935 le fue dado este nombre descriptivo por personal del Discovery II. Forman un grupo compuesto de tres rocas principales y varias menores, todas de poca altura, situadas a 5 cables al NNW de punta Pin en isla Livingston, islas Shetland del Sur.
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