Canso Rocks
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| Waters | Bone Bay | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 40 ′ S , 59 ° 18 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 2 | |
The Canso Rocks are two reef rocks off the west coast of the Trinity Peninsula in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . They are 3 km northwest of Notter Point to the west of Bone Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it on February 12, 1964 after the common name for aircraft of the Consolidated PBY type , which were used in the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1955-1957).
Web links
- Canso Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Canso Rocks on geographic.org (English)