Rocas Charlotte

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Rocas Charlotte
Waters Bransfield Street
archipelago Palmer Archipelago
Geographical location 63 ° 12 ′  S , 58 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 63 ° 12 ′  S , 58 ° 2 ′  W
Rocas Charlotte (Antarctic Peninsula)
Rocas Charlotte
Residents uninhabited

The Rocas Charlotte ( Spanish ) are a somewhat isolated group of cliff rocks west of the Trinity Peninsula of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . They are located south of Montravel Rock and northwest of Cape Legoupil .

Scientists from the 2nd Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1947–1948) mapped and named them. It is named after the daughter of Jorge Gándara Bofill, the captain of the ship Covadonga on this research trip.

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