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Revision as of 14:55, 3 August 2014
| Clerke Rocks | |
 The Clerke Rocks on Cook's map (north at the bottom) | |
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| Location | |
| Location: | 55°4’0"S, 34°40’60"W |
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| Population: | 0 |
The Clerke Rocks are a group of small rocky islands some 35 miles southeast of South Georgia that extend 5 miles from east to west. The Clerke Rocks include The Office Boys at the northeastern end and Nobby at the south-eastern end of the group. The islands belong to the British overseas territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
The islands were discovered in 1775 by a British expedition under Captain James Cook, who named them for Charles Clerke, an officer on HMS Resolution, who first saw the rocks.
As on the Shag Rocks, cormorants make up a large part of the bird population.
References
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | |
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| South Georgia: | Annenkov Island • Bird Island • Clerke Rocks • Cooper Island • Grass Island • Kupriyanov Islands • Pickersgill Islands • Saddle Island • Shag Rocks • South Georgia • Welcome Islands • Willis Islands • Trinity Island • Grassholm • Black Rocks • Black Rock |
| South Sandwich Islands: |
Bellingshausen • Bristol • Candlemas • Cook • Leskov • Montagu • Saunders • Thule • Vindication • Visokoi • Zavodovski |
