The Pointers (South Shetland Islands)
 Location of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands. | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°35′21.1″S 61°19′15.3″W / 62.589194°S 61.320917°W |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Country | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
| Additional information | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.
The Pointers is a group of two rocks off the northwest coast of Rugged Island, lying between Eddystone Rocks and Start Point, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
The rocks were known to 19th century sealers who named them descriptively as a navigational mark and hazard near the entrance to New Plymouth harbour.
Location
The rocks are centred at 62°35′21.1″S 61°19′15.3″W / 62.589194°S 61.320917°W which is 5.39 km (3.35 mi) west of Start Point, Livingston Island, 2.92 km (1.81 mi) north-northwest of Cape Sheffield and 3.54 km (2.20 mi) east-northeast of Eddystone Rocks (British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2009).
See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCAR
- Territorial claims in Antarctica
Maps
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
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