The Pointers

The Pointers
Location of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands
The Pointers
Location of The Pointers
The Pointers
The Pointers (Antarctica)
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 62°35′21.1″S 61°19′15.3″W / 62.589194°S 61.320917°W / -62.589194; -61.320917
Archipelago South Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population uninhabited

The Pointers is a pair of rocks off the northwest coast of Rugged Island, lying between Eddystone Rocks and Start Point, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

The rocks were known to 19th century sealers who named them descriptively as a navigational mark and hazard near the entrance to New Plymouth harbour.

Location

The rocks are centred at 62°35′21.1″S 61°19′15.3″W / 62.589194°S 61.320917°W / -62.589194; -61.320917 which is 5.39 km (3.35 mi) west of Start Point, Livingston Island, 2.92 km (1.81 mi) north-northwest of Cape Sheffield and 3.54 km (2.20 mi) east-northeast of Eddystone Rocks (British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2009).

See also

References

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

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

    Coordinates: 62°36′S 61°19′W / 62.600°S 61.317°W / -62.600; -61.317


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