This page presents the geographical name data for Indian Rocks in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division.
Feature Name (see definition): Indian Rocks
Feature Class (see definition): Island
Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID (see definition): 7285
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
62° 29' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
060° 17' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.4833333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -60.2833333
Elevation (see definition): No data
Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1960
Description (see definition): Group of rocks in Hero Bay, lying E of Wood Island off the N coast of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 after the sealer Indian (Captain Spiller) of Liverpool, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21 and brought back some of the crew of the wrecked Cora from nearby Desolation Island.
Date Created (see definition): No data
Date Edited (see definition): No data