Hombron Rocks
| Hombron Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Paso Natho on Bransfield Street | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 28 ′ S , 58 ° 42 ′ W | |
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The Hombron Rocks ( French Roche Hombron ) are a group of reef rocks washed over by the sea off the northwest coast of the Trinity Peninsula at the northern end of the Antarctic Peninsula . You are in front of Thanaron Point .
They were discovered by participants in the Third French Antarctic Expedition (1837-1840) under the direction of polar explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville . D'Urville named it after Jacques Bernard Hombron (1798-1852), who worked as a surgeon on this research trip . The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out measurements in 1946 . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated the French name into English in 1949.
Web links
- Hombron Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hombron Rocks on geographic.org (English)