Skeen Rocks
| Skeen Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Marguerite Bay | |
| archipelago | Adelaide and Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 47 ′ S , 68 ° 54 ′ W | |
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The Skeen Rocks are two small rock islands west of the Antarctic Peninsula . They are located south of Avian Island, off the southern end of Adelaide Island .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them on February 12, 1964 after Lieutenant Michael George C. Skeen (1933-1994), officer on duty in the helicopter flights of the HMS Protector in the service of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office to map this area between 1961 and 1961 1963.
Web links
- Skeen Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Skeen Rocks on geographic.org (English)