Spindrift Rocks
| Spindrift Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| archipelago | South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 41 ′ S , 45 ° 39 ′ W | |
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The Spindrift Rocks are ice-free cliffs up to 15 m high in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . They are located 1.2 km southwest of North Point off the west coast of Signy Island .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey surveyed these rocks in 1947. It is named after the spray ( English spindrift ), which occurs here in strong westerly winds.
Web links
- Spindrift Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Spindrift Rocks on geographic.org (English)