Ambrose Rocks
| Ambrose Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 17 ′ S , 64 ° 22 ′ W | |
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The Ambrose Rocks are a small group of reef rocks off the west coast of West Antarctic Graham Land . They are located southwest of the southern Argentine Islands and 1.5 km northwest of the Gaunt Rocks .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after David Anthony Ambrose (* 1946), surveyor assistant for the hydrographic unit on board the British research vessel HMS Endurance when exploring this area in February 1969.
Web links
- Ambrose Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ambrose Rocks on geographic.org (English)