Lafarge Rocks

The Lafarge Rocks are one large and several smaller rocks lying 4 kilometres (2 nmi) northwest of Casy Island and 13 kilometres (7 nmi) west of Prime Head, the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. They were discovered by a French expedition, 1837–40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, and named by him for Ensign Antoine Pavin de la Farge of the expedition ship Zélée. They were recharted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1946.[1]

Lafarge Rocks
Lafarge Rocks
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates63°13′S 57°33′W
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

References

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


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