# Frederick Rocks

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{{Short description|Group of rocks in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica}}
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[[File:Byers Peninsula.jpg|thumb|[Robbery Beaches](/source/Robbery_Beaches) and [Barclay Bay](/source/Barclay_Bay) from near [Basalt Lake](/source/Basalt_Lake) on [Byers Peninsula](/source/Byers_Peninsula), [Livingston Island](/source/Livingston_Island), with left to right [Lair Point](/source/Lair_Point), Frederick Rocks, [Cutler Stack](/source/Cutler_Stack), [Nedelya Point](/source/Nedelya_Point) and the northern part of [Urvich Wall](/source/Urvich_Wall) in the middle ground, and [Cape Shirreff](/source/Cape_Shirreff) and [Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula](/source/Ioannes_Paulus_II_Peninsula) in the right background]]
thumb|Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands
'''Frederick Rocks''' is a group of rocks lying in [Barclay Bay](/source/Barclay_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 on nearby [Byers Peninsula](/source/Byers_Peninsula).

The feature is named after the American brig ''Frederick'' under Captain Benjamin Pendleton that visited the South Shetlands in 1820-21 and 1821–22.

==Location==
The rocks are located at {{coord|62|32|46.5|S|60|55|59.7|W|}} which is {{convert|12.24|km|mi|abbr=on}}southwest of [Cape Shirreff](/source/Cape_Shirreff), {{convert|4.69|km|mi|abbr=on}} west-southwest of [Scesa Point](/source/Scesa_Point), {{convert|5.28|km|mi|abbr=on}} west-northwest of [Rowe Point](/source/Rowe_Point) and {{convert|13.3|km|mi|2|abbr=on}} east-northeast of [Essex Point](/source/Essex_Point) (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)
* [SCAR](/source/Scientific_Committee_on_Antarctic_Research)
* [Territorial claims in Antarctica](/source/Territorial_claims_in_Antarctica)

==Maps==
* L.L. Ivanov. [http://apcbg.org/image023.jpg Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424075823/http://apcbg.org/image023.jpg |date=2008-04-24 }}. Scale 1:120000 topographic map.  Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.  {{ISBN|978-954-92032-6-4}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/ Composite Antarctic Gazetteer].

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Category:Rock formations of Livingston Island

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