Duparc Rocks

Duparc Rocks

Duparc Rocks (63°31′S 58°50′W / 63.517°S 58.833°W / -63.517; -58.833) is a group of rocks between 1 and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the coast, 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Cape Roquemaurel, Trinity Peninsula. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960–61). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Louis Duparc, French naval officer on the Astrolabe during her Antarctic voyage (1837–1840).

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Duparc Rocks" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).