Physeter Rocks
| Physeter Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 31 ′ S , 60 ° 9 ′ W | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Physeter Rocks are a group of cliff rocks off the west coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . They are located west of Ohlin Island in the Palmer Archipelago .
Aerial photographs of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE, 1955–1957) were used to map them. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the Latin name Physeter catodon for the sperm whale .
Web links
- Physeter Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Physeter Rocks on geographic.org (English)