Edisto Rocks

Edisto Rocks
Edisto Rocks is located in Antarctica
Edisto Rocks
Edisto Rocks
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates68°13′S 67°8′W / 68.217°S 67.133°W / -68.217; -67.133
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

The Edisto Rocks are low rocks 2.2 kilometres (1.2 nmi) southwest of the western tip of Neny Island, lying in Marguerite Bay off the west coast of Graham Land. They were surveyed in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named for the USS Edisto, an icebreaker with U.S. Navy Operation Windmill, which visited Marguerite Bay in February 1948 and assisted in the relief of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition and FIDS parties on Stonington Island.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Edisto Rocks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-02-23.

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