Ørnen Rocks

The Ørnen Rocks lie awash off Cape Melville in Destruction Bay on the east coast of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands within the British Antarctic Territory.

The rocks were charted by the Vesterlid whaling expedition (under August F. Christensen) in 1908-09, and named Ørnen Klippene after the Norwegian whaling company A/S Ørnen and its ship Ørnen, one of the first modern whale catchers (and from which Orne Harbour is also named). The ship ran aground on the rocks in that season.

Location

• Location map: 62°-0’32"S, 57°33’54"W

Refernces

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Ørnen Rocks