Rocas Yamana
| Rocas Yamana | ||
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| Waters | Barclay Bay ( Livingston Island ) | |
| archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 28 ′ S , 60 ° 48 ′ W | |
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The Rocas Yamana ( Spanish ) are a group of cliff rocks in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . They are located directly in front of Playa Yamana and around 180 m northwest of the Punta El Hallazgo headland in front of the western side of Cape Shirreff on Livingston Island .
Scientists of the 40th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1985–1986) named it after the name of the neighboring beach. This, in turn, is so named because the scientists found a human skull of the Yámana at Punta El Hallazgo .
Web links
- Yamana, Rocas in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)