The Kendall Rocks () are a group of pillar-shaped rocks, lying north of

Tower Island Tower Island is an Antarctic island long and high. It marks the north-east extent of Palmer Archipelago. It lies north-east of Trinity Island, separated by Gilbert Strait. Both islands are separated from the Davis Coast to the south by ...

in the

Palmer Archipelago Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends from Tower Island in the north to Anver ...

, Antarctica. The name "Kendall Group" appears northwest of this position on a chart based upon work by a British expedition under Commander Henry Foster,

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were foug ...

, 1828–31, but it was later found that no islands exist there. The name Kendall Rocks has subsequently been applied to these pillar-shaped rocks discovered in 1838 by a French expedition under Captain

Jules Dumont d'Urville Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (; 23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a French explorer and naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica. As a botanist and cartographer, he gave his nam ...

. They are named for Lieutenant E.N. Kendall of Foster's expedition ship, the '' Chanticleer''.

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Rock formations of the Palmer Archipelago {{PalmerArchipelago-geo-stub