Mellona Rocks
| Mellona Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Nelson Strait | |
| archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 18 ′ S , 59 ° 30 ′ W | |
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The Mellona Rocks are a group of cliff rocks in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In the Nelson Strait they are 3 km southeast of Newell Point on Robert Island .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1961 after the British sealer Mellona from Newcastle upon Tyne , who operated in the waters around the southern Shetland Islands between 1821 and 1822.
Web links
- Mellona Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mellona Rocks on geographic.org (English)