Lafarge Rocks
| Lafarge Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 13 ′ S , 57 ° 33 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 2 | |
The Lafarge Rocks ( French Roche Lafarge ) are a large and some smaller rock islands off the west coast of the Trinity Peninsula in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . They are located 3 km northwest of Casy Island and 11 km west of Prime Head .
They were discovered by participants in the Third French Antarctic Expedition (1837-1840) under the direction of the navigator and polar explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville . D'Urville named her after Lieutenant Antoine Auguste Thérèse Pavin de la Farge (1812-1839), officer on board the Zélée , who died of dysentery on November 27, 1839 during this research trip . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated the designation into English on November 21, 1949.
Web links
- Lafarge Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lafarge Rocks on geographic.org (English)