Physeter Rocks

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Physeter Rocks
Waters Bransfield Street
archipelago Palmer Archipelago
Geographical location 63 ° 31 ′  S , 60 ° 9 ′  W Coordinates: 63 ° 31 ′  S , 60 ° 9 ′  W
Physeter Rocks (Antarctic Peninsula)
Physeter Rocks
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 .

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