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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Place ID: 10687
Name ID: 129706

Feature type: Rock (5)

Origin

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:

Narrative

Group of rocks, some of which are above water, 1 mi NE of Cape Melville, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named after the Norwegian whaler Ornen which went aground there about 1908 or 1909.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 01' 00.0" S
-62.01667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
57° 35' 00.0" W
-57.58333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1963

Related information

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