Barros rocks
| Barros rocks | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 17 ′ S , 64 ° 14 ′ W | |
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The Barrosfelsen ( French Iles Barros ) are a group of Rifffelsen off the west coast of West Antarctic Graham country . In the Wilhelm Archipelago , they are between the Argentine Islands and the Berthelot Islands and 3 km southwest of Cape Tuxen .
They were discovered during the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908-1910) under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Charcot . He named them after Captain Barros Cobra, officer in the Brazilian Navy , who supported the research trip in Rio de Janeiro .
Web links
- Barros Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Barros Rocks on geographic.org (English)