Liberty Rocks
| Liberty Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Nelson Strait | |
| archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 19 ′ S , 59 ° 28 ′ W | |
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The Liberty Rocks are a group of cliff rocks in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In Nelson Strait they are southeast of the Mellona Rocks .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1961 after the British sealer Liberty from Newcastle upon Tyne , who operated in the waters around the southern Shetland Islands between 1821 and 1822.
Web links
- Liberty Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Liberty Rocks on geographic.org (English)