Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

Rocca Islands

Group of islands in Antarctica From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Remove ads

Rocca Islands (67°47′S 68°46′W) is a group of small islands and rocks 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of Avian Island, off the south end of Adelaide Island. Discovered in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by Charcot for Monsieur Rocca, an acquaintance in Punta Arenas. Remapped by the British Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1963.

Remove ads

See also

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Rocca Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.  Edit this at Wikidata


Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads