Ferrer Rocks
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| Waters | Gerlache Street | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 42 ′ S , 62 ° 48 ′ W | |
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The Ferrer Rocks ( Spanish Bancos Ferrer ) are cliffs off the Danco coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . They are on Gerlache Strait between Useful Island and Ketley Point on Rongé Island .
Participants of the 5th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1950–1951) mapped and named them. It is named after Fernando Ferrer Fougá, hydrographer on board the transport ship Angamos on this research trip . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated this designation into English in 1980.
Web links
- Ferrer Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ferrer Rocks on geographic.org (English)