Right Whale Rocks
| Right Whale Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Cumberland Bay | |
| archipelago | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 14 ′ S , 36 ° 24 ′ W | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Right Whale Rocks are a group of cliff rocks off the north coast of South Georgia . They are located 400 m north of Barff Point on the east side of the entrance to Cumberland Bay .
The crew of the British ship HMS Sapho named them Merton Rocks in 1906 . However, this did not prevail because the name that is valid today was already established beforehand. Names refer to English name right whale for Eubalaena , a genus of right whales .
Web links
- Right Whale Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Right Whale Rocks on geographic.org (English)