Tongue rocks
| Tongue rocks | ||
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| Waters | Prince Gustav Canal | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 38 ′ S , 57 ° 22 ′ W | |
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The Tongue Rocks (from the English loosely translated Tongue Rock ) are small and ice-free clip rocks of volcanic origin off the coast of Trinity Peninsula at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . In Prince Gustav Channel , they are between Eagle Iceland and Beak Iceland .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1964 based on the naming of the neighboring islands.
Web links
- Tongue Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tongue Rocks on geographic.org (English)