Aim Rocks

Group of rocks in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

62°41′43.6″S 61°15′50.6″W / 62.695444°S 61.264056°W / -62.695444; -61.264056AdministrationAdministered under the Antarctic Treaty SystemDemographicsPopulationUninhabited

Aim Rocks is a group of rocks lying east of Cape Timblón in the middle of Morton Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The name, given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961, is descriptive; these rocks in line are a guide for safe passage through the southern entrance of Morton Strait.

See also

Maps

  • L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
  • L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

References

  • SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Aim Rocks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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