Stackpole Rocks
| Stackpole Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 41 ′ S , 60 ° 57 ′ W | |
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The Stackpole Rocks are a group of cliff rocks in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . They lie in front of the southeastern part of the Byers Peninsula , the western extension of Livingston Island .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1958 after the American historian Edouard A. Stackpole (1903-1993), who had dealt with the history of whaling in the waters around the South Shetland Islands.
Web links
- Stackpole Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Stackpole Rocks on geographic.org (English)