COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

rising 60m above sea level off N tip of Intercurrence Island, Palmer Archipelago, is the largest and most conspicuous of two rocks first charted and called Penguin Islands by Hoseason in 1824 (Powell, chart, 1828). Islas Penguin (Spain. DH chart 458, 1861). Following air photography by FIDASE in 1956, the feature was named Babel Rock in reference to the ceaseless noise from a penguin rookery on this site (APC, 1960, p.2; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961). Roca Babel (Argentina. AA, 1991, p.5.)

The northernmost of a small group of rocks lying N of Intercurrence Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Two of the rocks lying off the N end of Intercurrence Island were first charted and named Penguin Islands by James Hoseason, First Mate of the sealer Sprightly, in 1824. Since the name has not been used in recent years, it has been rejected to avoid confusion with the many other "Penguin" names. Babel Rock, the largest and most conspicuous of the rocks, is the site of a penguin rookery and the name arises from the ceaseless noise.

A flat-topped hill, 2,200 m above sea level, 300 m above the surrounding plateau, giving a good view of the Byrd Glacier and the mountains south of it. This was the most southerly point reached by the Darwin Glacier Party of the TAE (1956-58) who gave it this name because of the splendid view it afforded.