Frederick Rocks

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Frederick Rocks
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Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 62°32′46.5″S60°55′59.7″W / 62.546250°S 60.933250°W / -62.546250; -60.933250
Archipelago South Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited
Robbery Beaches and Barclay Bay from near Basalt Lake on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, with left to right Lair Point, Frederick Rocks, Cutler Stack, Nedelya Point and the northern part of Urvich Wall in the middle ground, and Cape Shirreff and Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula in the right background Byers Peninsula.jpg
Robbery Beaches and Barclay Bay from near Basalt Lake on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, with left to right Lair Point, Frederick Rocks, Cutler Stack, Nedelya Point and the northern part of Urvich Wall in the middle ground, and Cape Shirreff and Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula in the right background
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

Frederick Rocks is a group of rocks lying in Barclay Bay on the north side of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers operating on nearby Byers Peninsula.

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The feature is named after the American brig Frederick under Captain Benjamin Pendleton that visited the South Shetlands in 1820-21 and 1821–22.

Location

The rocks are located at 62°32′46.5″S60°55′59.7″W / 62.546250°S 60.933250°W / -62.546250; -60.933250 which is 12.24 km (7.61 mi)southwest of Cape Shirreff, 4.69 km (2.91 mi) west-southwest of Scesa Point, 5.28 km (3.28 mi) west-northwest of Rowe Point and 13.3 km (8.26 mi) east-northeast of Essex Point (British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2009).

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