Sparrman stacks
| Sparrman stacks | ||
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| archipelago | Clerke Rocks ( South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ) | |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 1 ′ S , 34 ° 39 ′ W | |
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The Sparrman Stacks are a small group of surf piers in the South Atlantic . They are located southwest of The Office Boys in the Clerke Rocks group . They are a popular breeding ground for Antarctic sea birds .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2009. It is named after the Swedish botanist Anders Sparrman (1748-1820), assistant to the German botanist Johann Reinhold Forster on board the HMS Resolution on the second South Sea voyage (1772-1775) of the British navigator James Cook where the Clerke Rocks were discovered in 1775.
Web links
- Sparrman stacks . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)