Dean Rocks
| Dean Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Marguerite Bay | |
| archipelago | Henkes Islands ( Adelaide and Biscoe Islands ) | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 48 ′ S , 68 ° 56 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 4th | |
The Dean Rocks are a group of four rock islands in Marguerite Bay west of the Antarctic Peninsula . They are located between Preston Island and Biggs Island in the Henkes Islands group off the southern end of Adelaide Island .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1964 after Thomas Dean (* 1938) from the hydrographic surveying unit of the Royal Navy , which mapped this group for the first time in 1963.
Web links
- Dean Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dean Rocks on geographic.org (English)