Duparc Rocks
| Duparc Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 31 ′ S , 58 ° 51 ′ W | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Duparc Rocks are a group of small reef rocks between 1.5 km and 3 km off the west coast of northern Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . They are located 5 km northeast of Cape Roquemaurel on the Trinity Peninsula .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey made a mapping based on surveys carried out between 1960 and 1961. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the group on February 12, 1964 after Louis Emmanuel Le Maistre Duparc (1813-1846), officer on the Astrolabe in the Third French Antarctic Expedition (1837-1840) led by Jules Dumont d'Urville .
Web links
- Duparc Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Duparc Rocks on geographic.org (English)