Sørlle Rocks
Sørlle Rocks () is a group of rocks, the highest high, lying west of Moreton Point, the west extremity of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands. It was named ''Tre Sten'' ("three stones") on Captain Petter Sørlle's chart resulting from his 1912-13 survey. Later renamed for Sørlle by DI personnel on the ''Discovery II ''Discovery II'', built in 1971, is the second of three Discovery sternwheel riverboats operated by the Riverboat Discovery company. ''Discovery II'' is still in use as a tour vessel on the Chena and Tanana rivers near Fairbanks, Alaska. Hist ...'' following their survey in 1933. References Rock formations of the South Orkney Islands {{SouthOrkneys-geo-stub ...
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Moreton Point
Moreton Point is a point north of Return Point at the western end of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica. It was roughly charted by Captains George Powell (mariner), George Powell and Nathaniel Palmer in 1821, and was named by Discovery Investigations personnel on the ''RRS Discovery II, Discovery II'' who charted the islands in 1933. Important Bird Area Moreton Point and an adjacent area of ice-free land, together with the nearby Larsen Islands, have been identified as a 1580 ha Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports large bird colony, breeding colonies of seabirds, including some 125,000 pairs of chinstrap penguins and 125,000 pairs of southern fulmars. Snow petrels also nest there in smaller numbers. References

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