Name details

Zélée Rocks

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 112034

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

four rocks awash WNW of Turnbull Point, d'Urville Island, were roughly charted by FAE, 1837-40, on the approach to Trinity Peninsula from the N, 27 February 1838, and named (as one rock in c.63°00'S 57°08'W) Roche de la Zélée after the FAE ship Zélée (Lieut. C.-H. Jacquinot, Mount Jacquinot, q.v.) (d'Urville, 1838, map following p.1170); incorrectly identified as Hope Island (q.v.) (BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; Nordenskjöld, 1917, map facing p.68); later named as a group Rochers de la Zélée or IÁles de la Ze le e (d'Urville, 1842, p.148; Vincendon-Dumoulin, 1847, Pl.8). Roca de la Zélée (Spain. DH chart 458, 1861). Hope Islands (Zelee [sic] Rocks), Hope Islands (BA chart 1238, iv.1887; 1240, 20.v.1887). Roccie della Zélée (Gerlache, 1902a, end map). Récifs de la Zélée (Charcot, 1912, Pl.11). Zelee [sic] Rocks, shown in FAE position (BA chart 3175, 31.x.1921; 1.iii.1940). The rocks were further charted by DI, 1926-32. Zelee [sic] Ö (HA chart, 1928). Zelée [sic] Rocks (USHO, 1943, p.106; [in 62°55'S 57°17'W] BA chart 3205, 1945). Rocas Zélée (Chile. DNH chart L, 1947; Pierrou, 1970, p.733; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.309). Zélée Rocks (BA, 1948, p.186; [in 62°55'S 57°19'W] chart 3205, 23.ix.1949; APC, 1955, p.22; [co-ordinates corrected] BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962; APC, 1977, p.36). Ze lee [sic] Rocks (USHO chart 6639, 1955). Roca Zélée (Argentina. MM chart 110, 1963). Zellee [sic] Rocks (USOO chart 6639, 1963).I

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Location

Latitude:
62° 57' 00.0" S
-62.95000°
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Longitude:
57° 14' 00.0" W
-57.23333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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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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