Gibbous Rocks
| Gibbous Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 61 ° 4 ′ S , 54 ° 59 ′ W | |
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The Gibbous Rocks (English colloquially for Hunchback Rocks ) are cliff rocks in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . They are 6 km northwest of Cape Belsham off Elephant Island .
Scientists from the British Joint Services Expedition (1970–1971) mapped them. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee gave them their descriptive name on November 3, 1971.
Web links
- Gibbous Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gibbous Rocks on geographic.org (English)