Monument Rocks (Antarctica)

Coordinates: 64°1′S 60°57′W / 64.017°S 60.950°W / -64.017; -60.950
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The Monument Rocks are a group of rocks lying 4 nautical miles (7 km) northeast of Cape Sterneck in the entrance to Curtiss Bay, northern Graham Land, Antarctica. They were roughly charted and given this descriptive name by James Hoseason, First Mate of the sealer Sprightly in 1824.[1]

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  1. ^ "Monument Rocks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-11-01.

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64°1′S 60°57′W / 64.017°S 60.950°W / -64.017; -60.950


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