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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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Feature type: Rock
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:
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).
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