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Lientur Rocks is a group of prominent adjacent rocks lying off the north coast of
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands
Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Rock formations of Robert Island Islands of the South Shetland Islands {{RobertIsland-geo-stub
Robert Island
Robert Island or Mitchells Island or Polotsk Island or Roberts Island is an island
An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being ...
in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and extending in east–west direction and in north–south direction. The area was visited by early 19th-century sealers Sealer may refer either to a person or ship engaged in seal hunting, or to a sealant; associated terms include:
Seal hunting
* Sealer Hill, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
* Sealers' Oven, bread oven of mud and stone built by sealers around 1800 ...
operating from nearby Clothier Harbour.
The feature was named by the 1949-50 Chilean Antarctic Expedition after the expedition patrol ship ''Lientur''.
Location
The rocks are centred at which is north-northwest of Newell Point, north-northeast ofTatul Island
Tatul Island (, ) is a triangular ice-free island off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending , the island emerged as a distinct geographical entity following the retreat of Robert Island's ice cap ...
, southeast of Henfield Rock, southwest of Mellona Rocks and west-southwest of Liberty Rocks (British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2009).
See also
*Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about th ...
* List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
* SCAR
A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrosis, fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological process of wound repair in the skin, as well as in other Organ (anatomy), organs, and biological tissue, t ...
* Territorial claims in Antarctica
Seven sovereign states – Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom – have made eight land claim, territorial claims in Antarctica. These countries have tended to place their Antarctic scientific observat ...
Maps
* L.L. IvanovAntarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands
Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
References
External links
Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Rock formations of Robert Island Islands of the South Shetland Islands {{RobertIsland-geo-stub