Lientur Rocks

Lientur Rocks
Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands
Lientur Rocks
Location of Lientur Rocks
Lientur Rocks
Lientur Rocks (Antarctica)
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 62°19′36″S 59°31′55″W / 62.32667°S 59.53194°W / -62.32667; -59.53194Coordinates: 62°19′36″S 59°31′55″W / 62.32667°S 59.53194°W / -62.32667; -59.53194
Archipelago South Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Lientur Rocks is a group of prominent adjacent rocks lying off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and extending 660 m (722 yd) in east-west direction and 320 m (350 yd) in north-south direction. The area was visited by early 19th-century sealers operating from nearby Clothier Harbour.

The feature was named by the 1949-50 Chilean Antarctic Expedition after the expedition patrol ship Lientur.

Location

The rocks are centred at 62°19′36″S 59°31′55″W / 62.32667°S 59.53194°W / -62.32667; -59.53194 which is 1.26 km (0.78 mi) north-northwest of Newell Point, 710 m (776 yd) north-northeast of Tatul Island, 3.12 km (1.94 mi) southeast of Henfield Rock, 3.41 km (2.12 mi) southwest of Mellona Rocks and 3.74 km (2.32 mi) west-southwest of Liberty Rocks (British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2009).

See also

Maps

  • 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

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


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