Hydrodist Rocks
Hydrodist Rocks | ||
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Waters | Bransfield Street | |
archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
Geographical location | 63 ° 44 ′ S , 60 ° 55 ′ W | |
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Number of islands | 4th | |
Residents | uninhabited |
The Hydrodist Rocks are four from the sea washed over Rifffelsen in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . They are 6 km west of Trinity Island .
The crew of the HMS Protector mapped them in January 1964. They are named after a specific version of a tellurometer that was used on board a helicopter to determine position.
Web links
- Hydrodist Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hydrodist Rocks on geographic.org (English)