Wiltshire Rocks
![]() ![]() Wiltshire Rocks Location in Antarctica | |
Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 67°30′S 63°7′E / 67.500°S 63.117°ECoordinates: 67°30′S 63°7′E / 67.500°S 63.117°E |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
Wiltshire Rocks is a group of rocks in the sea about 4.6 kilometres (2.5 nmi) east-northeast of Smith Rocks, 2.8 kilometres (1.5 nmi) east of Kitney Island, and 4.6 kilometres (2.5 nmi) northwest of Paterson Islands, off the coast of Mac. Robertson Land. First mapped from air photographs by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named Spjotoyskjera. Renamed (1971) by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for , cook at Mawson Station in 1963.
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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Wiltshire Rocks". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
Categories:
- Rock formations of Mac. Robertson Land
- Mac. Robertson Land geography stubs