Walsham Rocks is a group of rocks lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of
Buff island
Buff Island is an Antarctic island which lies southwest of the Joubin Islands and southwest of Cape Monaco, Anvers Island, at the southwest end of the Palmer Archipelago. The island appears to be first shown and named on a 1936 chart by the ...
, at the southwest end of 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 Anvers ...
, off the coast of
Antarctica
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.
The rocks were surveyed by the
British Naval Hydrographic Survey Unit
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in 1956-57 and named by the
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
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(UK-APC) for
Able Seaman John Walsham,
Royal Navy
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, a member of the Unit.
Rock formations of the Palmer Archipelago
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