Ørnen Rocks
| Ørnen Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 1 ′ S , 57 ° 34 ′ W | |
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The Ørnen Rocks ( Norwegian Ørnen Klippene ) are a group of cliff rocks in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . They are 1.5 km northeast of Cape Melville , the eastern foothills of King George Island .
It is named after the Norwegian whaling ship Ørnen , which ran aground here during a fishing campaign that lasted between 1908 and 1909.
Web links
- Ørnen Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ørnen Rocks on geographic.org (English)