The Kendall Rocks (63°30′S 59°49′W / 63.500°S 59.817°W / -63.500; -59.817) are a group of pillar-shaped rocks, lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Tower Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. The name "Kendall Group" appears northwest of this position on a chart based upon work by a British expedition under Commander Henry Foster, Royal Navy, 1828–31, but it was later found that no islands exist there. The name Kendall Rocks has subsequently been applied to these pillar-shaped rocks discovered in 1838 by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville. They are named for Lieutenant E.N. Kendall of Foster's expedition ship, the Chanticleer.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Kendall Rocks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-04-25.

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