Walsham Rocks
| Walsham Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 48 ′ S , 64 ° 0 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 2 | |
The Walsham Rocks are a group of two small islands at the southwest end of the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . They are located an average of 1.5 km east of Buff Island . The group consists of the Islote Edgardo and the Islote Jorge .
A hydrographic unit of the Royal Navy mapped it between 1956 and 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1959 after Able Seaman John Walsham, who was involved in the necessary measurements of the rocks.
Web links
- Walsham Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Walsham Rocks on geographic.org (English)