Hellerman Rocks
| Hellerman Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Bismarck Street | |
| archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 48 ′ S , 64 ° 0 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 7th | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Hellerman Rocks are a group of seven small islands and reef rocks in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . They are connected by shoals and are located 600 m east of Hermit Island off the southwest coast of Anvers Island .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named her in 1974 after Lieutenant Lance W. Hellerman of the United States Navy Reserve Forces, officer on duty at Palmer Station in 1969.
Web links
- Hellerman Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hellerman Rocks on geographic.org (English)