Williwaw Rocks
| Williwaw Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| archipelago | Joinville Islands ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 20 ′ S , 55 ° 0 ′ W | |
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The Williwaw Rocks (from English williwaw 'whirlwind' ) are two cliffs in the Joinville Islands group off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . They are 3 km southeast of Moody Point , the eastern branch of Joinville Island .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out surveys in 1953. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 after the katabatic whirlwinds that frequently occur here .
Web links
- Williwaw Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Williwaw Rocks on geographic.org (English)