Torckler Rocks
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| Waters | Cooperation lake | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 35 ′ S , 77 ° 56 ′ E | |
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| Number of islands | 3 | |
The Torckler Rocks are three small islands off the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . They are located on the north side of the entrance to Heidemann Bay in the Vestfold Mountains .
Norwegian cartographers mapped it using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 . A new mapping was carried out using aerial photographs taken by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . It is named after Raymond M. Torckler, a radio operator at Davis Station in 1959.
Web links
- Torckler Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Torckler Rocks on geographic.org (English)