# Capstan Rocks

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The **Capstan Rocks** ([64°57′S 63°26′W](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=64_57_S_63_26_W)) are a small group of rocks, sometimes awash at high water and in strong winds, lying 1 nautical mile (2 km) south of [Bob Island](/source/Bob_Island) in the south entrance to [Gerlache Strait](/source/Gerlache_Strait), off the west coast of [Graham Land](/source/Graham_Land). They were shown on an Argentine government chart of 1950, but not named. They were surveyed by the [British Naval Hydrographic Survey Unit](/source/British_Naval_Hydrographic_Survey_Unit), 1956–57, and given this descriptive name by the [UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee](/source/UK_Antarctic_Place-Names_Committee), because of a supposed resemblance to a [capstan](/source/Capstan_(nautical)).[1]

## References

1. 2413. Retrieved 2011-10-25.

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