Ambrose Rocks

The Ambrose Rocks (65°16′S 64°22′W / 65.267°S 64.367°W / -65.267; -64.367Coordinates: 65°16′S 64°22′W / 65.267°S 64.367°W / -65.267; -64.367) are a small cluster of rocks situated southwest of the southern Argentine Islands and 1 nautical mile (2 km) northwest of the Gaunt Rocks, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. They were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for David A. Ambrose, a survey assistant of the Hydrographic Survey Unit from HMS Endurance working in this area in February 1969.[1]

Yalour and Argentina Islands

References

  1. ↑ "Ambrose Rocks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-05-09.

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