Gibbous Rocks
The Gibbous Rocks are a group of rocks located 7 km north-west of Cape Belsham, Elephant Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. They were so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee following charting by the Joint Services Expedition, 1970–71.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: rock formation in the South Shetland Islands
- Also known as: “Gibosas”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wild, Point.
Wild, Point
Locality
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Point Wild is a point 11 km west of Cape Valentine, 2 km east of Saddleback Point, and directly adjacent to the Furness Glacier on the north coast of Elephant Island. Wild, Point is situated 7 km southeast of Gibbous Rocks.
Gibbous Rocks
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Gibbous Rocks” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gibosas”
- Chinese: “吉伯斯岩”
- Dutch: “Gibbous Rocks”
- Esperanto: “Ĝibaj Rokoj”
- German: “Gibbous Rocks”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gibbous Rocks”
- Spanish: “Gibosas, rocas”
- Swedish: “Gibbous Rocks”
- Swedish: “Gibosas”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nelson Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Belsham, Cape and Furness Glacier.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gibbous Rocks”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.