# Humpback Rocks

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Not to be confused with [Humpback Rock](/source/Humpback_Rock) in Virginia, U.S..

**Humpback Rocks** ([54°7′S 36°38′W / 54.117°S 36.633°W / -54.117; -36.633](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Humpback_Rocks&params=54_7_S_36_38_W_source:GNIS)) is a small group of rocks lying 0.25 nautical miles (0.5 km) north of [Cape Saunders](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cape_Saunders_(South_Georgia)&action=edit&redlink=1), off the north coast of [South Georgia](/source/South_Georgia_Island). The [South Georgia Survey](/source/South_Georgia_Survey) reported in 1951–52 that the descriptive name "Knolrokset" (humpback rocks) has been used for this feature by the whalers and sealers at South Georgia. An English form of the name, Humpback Rocks, was recommended by the [UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee](/source/UK_Antarctic_Place-Names_Committee) in 1954.[1]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-gnis_1-0)** ["Humpback Rocks"](https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:7167). *[Geographic Names Information System](/source/Geographic_Names_Information_System)*. [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey), [United States Department of the Interior](/source/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior). Retrieved 3 July 2012.

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