Patience Rocks

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Patience Rocks ( 67°45′S68°56′W / 67.750°S 68.933°W / -67.750; -68.933 Coordinates: 67°45′S68°56′W / 67.750°S 68.933°W / -67.750; -68.933 ) is a group of rocks lying 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) northwest of Avian Island, close off the south end of Adelaide Island. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Leading Engineer Mechanic Donald Patience, a member of the Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit which charted this area in 1963.

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