Van Rocks
Van Rocks are very conspicuous pinnacle rocks lying close west of Cape James, Smith Island, in the South Shetland Islands. They were roughly shown as a small island on a chart resulting from a British expedition under Foster, 1828–31, and then more accurately…Van Rocks
- Type: Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-63.08682° or 63° 5′ 13″ south
Longitude
-62.72339° or 62° 43′ 24″ west
Open location code
378VW77G+7J
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Van Rocks” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Van”
- Chinese: “萬岩”
- Dutch: “Van”
- German: “Van Rocks”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Van Rocks”
- Spanish: “Van, rocas”
- Swedish: “Van”
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