frederick, rocks, group, rocks, lying, barclay, north, side, livingston, island, south, shetland, islands, antarctica, area, visited, early, 19th, century, sealers, operating, nearby, byers, peninsula, geographylocationantarcticacoordinates62, 546250, 933250, . Frederick Rocks is a group of rocks lying in Barclay Bay on the north side of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands Antarctica The area was visited by early 19th century sealers operating on nearby Byers Peninsula Frederick RocksGeographyLocationAntarcticaCoordinates62 32 46 5 S 60 55 59 7 W 62 546250 S 60 933250 W 62 546250 60 933250ArchipelagoSouth Shetland IslandsAdministrationAntarcticaAdministered under the Antarctic Treaty SystemDemographicsPopulationuninhabited Robbery Beaches and Barclay Bay from near Basalt Lake on Byers Peninsula Livingston Island with left to right Lair Point Frederick Rocks Cutler Stack Nedelya Point and the northern part of Urvich Wall in the middle ground and Cape Shirreff and Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula in the right background Topographic map of Livingston Island Greenwich Robert Snow and Smith Islands The feature is named after the American brig Frederick under Captain Benjamin Pendleton that visited the South Shetlands in 1820 21 and 1821 22 Contents 1 Location 2 See also 3 Maps 4 References 5 External linksLocation editThe rocks are located at 62 32 46 5 S 60 55 59 7 W 62 546250 S 60 933250 W 62 546250 60 933250 which is 12 24 km 7 61 mi southwest of Cape Shirreff 4 69 km 2 91 mi west southwest of Scesa Point 5 28 km 3 28 mi west northwest of Rowe Point and 13 3 km 8 26 mi east northeast of Essex Point British mapping in 1968 Chilean in 1971 Argentine in 1980 and Bulgarian in 2009 See also editComposite Antarctic Gazetteer List of Antarctic islands south of 60 S SCAR Territorial claims in AntarcticaMaps editL L Ivanov Antarctica Livingston Island and Greenwich Robert Snow and Smith Islands Scale 1 120000 topographic map Troyan Manfred Worner Foundation 2009 ISBN 978 954 92032 6 4References editExternal links editComposite Antarctic Gazetteer Portals nbsp Islands nbsp Geography nbsp This Livingston Island location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frederick Rocks amp oldid 1117422709, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
