Brothers Rocks
The Brothers Rocks are a group of rocks surrounded by foul ground lying 1 nautical mile east of the north part of Saunders Island in the South Sandwich Islands. They were charted and named in 1930 by Discovery Investigations personnel on the RSS Discovery II.- Type: Islet
- Description: rock formation in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Brothers rocks” and “The Brothers Rocks”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saunders Island and Blackstone Plain.
Saunders Island
Island
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Saunders Island is a crescent-shaped island lying between Candlemas Island and Montagu Island in the South Sandwich Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Saunders Island is situated 3½ km southwest of Brothers Rocks.
Blackstone Plain
Blackstone Plain is a small plain just south of Harper Point at the north end of Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands. This lowland feature is made up of dark basaltic lavas and, in 1964, personnel from HMS Protector found it to be the only area of the island free from ice and snow. Blackstone Plain is situated 4 km west of Brothers Rocks.Brothers Rocks
- Categories: rock formation, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-57.77106° or 57° 46′ 16″ southLongitude
-26.42472° or 26° 25′ 29″ westOpen location code
39JM6HHG+H4OpenStreetMap ID
way 1315522018OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Brothers Rocks” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Brothers Rocks (mga bato)”
- Cebuano: “Brothers Rocks”
- Chinese: “兄弟岩”
- German: “Brothers Rocks”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brothers Rocks”
- Spanish: “Rocas Hermanos”
- Swedish: “Brothers Rocks (klippor)”
- Swedish: “Brothers Rocks”
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