Aim Rocks

Aim Rocks
Location of Morton Strait in the South Shetland Islands.
Aim Rocks
Location of Aim Rocks
Aim Rocks
Aim Rocks (Antarctica)
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 62°41′43.6″S 61°15′50.6″W / 62.695444°S 61.264056°W / -62.695444; -61.264056Coordinates: 62°41′43.6″S 61°15′50.6″W / 62.695444°S 61.264056°W / -62.695444; -61.264056
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

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

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Aim Rocks" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.


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