Aim Rocks

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Aim Rocks
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Location of Morton Strait in the South Shetland Islands.
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Aim Rocks
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Aim Rocks
Aim Rocks (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 62°41′43.6″S61°15′50.6″W / 62.695444°S 61.264056°W / -62.695444; -61.264056
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Aim Rocks is a group of rocks lying east of Cape Timblón in the middle of Morton Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The name, given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961, is descriptive; these rocks in line are a guide for safe passage through the southern entrance of Morton Strait.

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PD-icon.svg This article incorporates public domain material from "Aim Rocks". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Livingston-Island-Map-2010.jpg
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.