Rugged Rocks
| Rugged Rocks | ||
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| Waters | McFarlane Strait | |
| archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 36 ′ S , 59 ° 49 ′ W | |
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The Rugged Rocks (from English rugged , rocky, rugged, 'fissured ) are a small group of clip rocks in the archipelago of South Shetland Islands . They are located just north of Renier Point on the west side of the southern entrance to McFarlane Strait .
The rocks were already known to the first seal hunters in the South Shetland Islands and are shown on a map by the British seal hunter George Powell from 1822. They were given their descriptive name by scientists from the British Discovery Investigations , who re-mapped them in 1935.
Web links
- Rugged Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rugged Rocks on geographic.org (English)