Simpson Rocks
| Simpson Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 61 ° 58 ′ S , 57 ° 25 ′ W | |
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The Simpson Rocks are a group of 10 m high cliff surrounded by sea-washed rocks in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . The rocks are 8 km northeast of Cape Melville on King George Island .
The British navigator James Weddell named them Simpson's Islands in 1825 . After measurements by scientists from the British Discovery Investigations in 1927, this name was adapted. The namesake is not known.
Web links
- Simpson Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Simpson Rocks on geographic.org (English)