Burton Rocks
| Burton Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Marguerite Bay | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 14 ′ S , 67 ° 2 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 3 | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Burton Rocks are a small group of three reef rocks off the Fallières coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . They are located 1.5 km south of Neny Island in Marguerite Bay .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) carried out their survey in 1947. It is named after the icebreaker USS Burton Island , which was used in 1948 as part of Operation Windmill (1947-1948) to pick up the crews of the FIDS and the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) from Stonington Island .
Web links
- Burton Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Burton Rocks on geographic.org (English)