Name details

Sørlle Rocks

Sørlle Rocks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Sørlle Rocks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111278

Feature type: Rock

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

rising 20 m above sea level WSW of Larsen Islands, Coronation Island, were charted by Sørlle, 1912-13, and called Tre Sten [=three stones] (Sørlle and Borge, chart, 1913). Söille [sic] Rocks (BA, 1916, p.415). Three Stones (BA chart 3175, 3.vi.1927; 1930, p.53). Rocas Söille [sic] (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930). Trestein (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). Rocas Söillen [sic] (Argentina. IGM map 104, 1933). The rocks were recharted by DI in 1933. Sörlle Rocks (BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.19). Sorlle [sic] Rocks (USAAF chart 1738, 1943; BA, 1974, p.334). Rocas Sörlle [sic] (Argentina. MM, 1945, p.276). Sørlle Rocks (USBGN, 1957, p.50; APC, 1961, p.3; DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963). Rocas Sørlle (Pierrou, 1970, p.669). [Sørlle Buttress, South Georgia, is also named after Kapt. P. Sørlle (Hattersley-Smith, 1980b, p.82).]

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 37' 00.0" S
-60.61667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
46° 15' 00.0" W
-46.25000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
8-Sep-1953

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