Rocca Islands
Rocca Islands is a group of small islands and rocks 3 nautical miles east of Avian Island, off the south end of Adelaide Island. Discovered in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by Charcot for Monsieur Rocca, an acquaintance in Punta Arenas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Rocca Islands
- Type: Island
- Description: group of islands in Antarctica
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Rocca Islands” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rocca”
- Chinese: “羅卡群島”
- Dutch: “Rocca Islands”
- German: “Rocca-Inseln”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rocca Islands”
- Spanish: “Rocca, islotes”
- Spanish: “Rocca, Rocas”
- Swedish: “Rocca Islands”
- Swedish: “Rocca”
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