# Chapman Rocks

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**Chapman Rocks** is a group of rocks in central [Hero Bay](/source/Hero_Bay) on the north side of [Livingston Island](/source/Livingston_Island) in the [South Shetland Islands](/source/South_Shetland_Islands), [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica). The area was visited by early 19th century [sealers](/source/Seal_hunting) operating from nearby [Blythe Bay](/source/Blythe_Bay).

The feature is named after Thomas Chapman, English trunk-maker of [Southwark](/source/Southwark) who in 1795 discovered a method of processing [fur seal](/source/Fur_seal) skins for use in the hat trade, thus initiating the industry in [London](/source/London).

## Location

The rocks are located at [62°29′42.8″S 60°28′55.4″W](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=62_29_42.8_S_60_28_55.4_W) which is 6.05 km (3.76 mi) north-northwest of [Siddins Point](/source/Siddins_Point), 6.03 km (3.75 mi) northeast of [Lynx Rocks](/source/Lynx_Rocks), 12.09 km (7.51 mi) east of [Black Point](/source/Black_Point_(Antarctica)), 7.97 km (4.95 mi) west-southwest of [Iratais Point](/source/Iratais_Point), [Desolation Island](/source/Desolation_Island_(South_Shetland_Islands)), 7.6 km (4.7 mi) west-southwest of [Miladinovi Islets](/source/Miladinovi_Islets), 7.28 km (4.52 mi) west by south of [Koynare Rocks](/source/Koynare_Rocks) and 5.23 km (3.25 mi) northwest of [Belchin Rock](/source/Belchin_Rock) (British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2009).

## See also

- [Composite Antarctic Gazetteer](/source/Composite_Antarctic_Gazetteer)
- [List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S](/source/List_of_Antarctic_and_sub-Antarctic_islands#List_of_Antarctic_islands_south_of_60°_S)
- [SCAR](/source/Scientific_Committee_on_Antarctic_Research)
- [Territorial claims in Antarctica](/source/Territorial_claims_in_Antarctica)

## Maps

- L.L. Ivanov. [Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands](http://apcbg.org/image023.jpg). Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

## External links

- [Composite Antarctic Gazetteer](https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/).

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