Troughton Rocks

Rocks in Antarctica

62°44′42″S 61°33′23″W / 62.74500°S 61.55639°W / -62.74500; -61.55639ArchipelagoSouth Shetland IslandsArea27 ha (67 acres)Length315 m (1033 ft)Width120 m (390 ft)AdministrationAdministered under the Antarctic TreatyDemographicsPopulationuninhabited

Topographic map of Livingston, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands

Troughton Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Трутън, romanized: skali Troughton, IPA: [skɐˈli ˈtrutən]) are the group of rocks off the northwest extremity of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica lying in an aquatory of 27 ha that is 315 m long in east-west direction and 120 m wide. The vicinity was visited by early 19th century sealers.^[1]

The feature is named after Edward Troughton (1753-1835), a British instrument maker who improved the theodolite design; in association with other names in the area deriving from the early development or use of geodetic instruments and methods.

Location

Troughton Rocks are centred at 62°44′42″S 61°33′23″W / 62.74500°S 61.55639°W / -62.74500; -61.55639,^[2] which is 2.7 km west-northwest of Byewater Point. British mapping in 1968.

Maps

South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Sheet W 62 60. Tolworth, UK, 1968
L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

Notes

^ L. Ivanov. General Geography and History of Livingston Island. In: Bulgarian Antarctic Research: A Synthesis. Eds. C. Pimpirev and N. Chipev. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2015. pp. 17–28
^ Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission