Ryge Rocks
| Ryge Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Gilbert Strait | |
| archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 39 ′ S , 59 ° 58 ′ W | |
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The Ryge Rocks are a small group of reef rocks in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . They are east of the Oluf Rocks on Gilbert Strait .
Aerial photographs of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition from 1955 to 1957 were used to map them. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after Jan C. Ryge, captain of the Danish cargo ship Oluf Sven , who was in service for this expedition from 1955 to 1956.
Web links
- Ryge Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ryge Rocks on geographic.org (English)