Lientur Rocks | |
Image Map Caption: | Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands |
Pushpin Map: | Antarctic Peninsula#Antarctica |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location on Antarctic Peninsula##Location in Antarctica |
Pushpin Map Relief: | yes |
Location: | Antarctica |
Coordinates: | -62.3267°N -59.5319°W |
Archipelago: | South Shetland Islands |
Population: | Uninhabited |
Country: | None |
Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
Lientur Rocks is a group of prominent adjacent rocks lying off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and extending 6600NaN0 in east–west direction and 3200NaN0 in north–south direction. The area was visited by early 19th-century sealers operating from nearby Clothier Harbour.
The feature was named by the 1949-50 Chilean Antarctic Expedition after the expedition patrol ship Lientur.
The rocks are centred at -62.3267°N -59.5319°W which is 1.26km (00.78miles) north-northwest of Newell Point, 7100NaN0 north-northeast of Tatul Island, 3.12km (01.94miles) southeast of Henfield Rock, 3.41km (02.12miles) southwest of Mellona Rocks and 3.74km (02.32miles) west-southwest of Liberty Rocks (British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2009).