Edisto Rocks
| Edisto Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Marguerite Bay | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 13 ′ S , 67 ° 7 ′ W | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Edisto Rocks are a group of low reef rocks off the Fallières coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . In Marguerite Bay they are 1.9 km southwest of the western tip of Neny Island .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out their measurements and naming in 1947. It is named after the icebreaker USS Edisto , which took part in Operation Windmill (1947-1948) on a visit to Marguerite Bay on Stonington Island crews of the Survey and the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948).
Web links
- Edisto Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Edisto Rocks on geographic.org (English)