Gervaize Rocks

Summary

The Gervaize Rocks are a group of rocks about 3 nautical miles (6 km) north-northeast of Cape Ducorps, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. They were mapped from surveys by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (1960–61), and were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Charles Gervaize, a French naval officer on the Astrolabe during her Antarctic voyage (1837–40).[1]

References edit

  1. ^ "Gervaize Rocks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

  This article incorporates public domain material from "Gervaize Rocks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

63°21′S 58°6′W / 63.350°S 58.100°W / -63.350; -58.100