Lorn Rocks

The Lorn Rocks are a group of rocks lying 12 nautical miles west of the north end of , in the Biscoe Islands of Antarctica. They were mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956–57, and were so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee because the rocks are small, forlorn and deserted.
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Latitude
-65.51218° or 65° 30′ 44″ south
Longitude
-64.92495° or 64° 55′ 30″ west
Open location code
376QF3QG+42
Geo­Names ID
6637180
Wiki­data ID
Q6681323

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Lorn Rocks” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Lorn”
  • Chinese: “洛恩岩”
  • Dutch: “Lorn Rocks”
  • German: “Lorn Rocks”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lorn Rocks”
  • Spanish: “Lorn, Rocas”
  • Swedish: “Lorn (ö)”
  • Swedish: “Lorn Rocks”

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