Liberty Rocks is a group of four prominent adjacent rocks lying at the north entrance to Nelson Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and extending 430 by 120m (470 by 131yd). The area was visited by early 19th-century sealers.
Rocks in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Liberty Rocks
Location of Nelson Strait in the South Shetland Islands
The feature is named after the British sealing vessel Liberty under Captain Peacock that visited the South Shetlands in 1821–22.
Location
The rocks are centred at 62°18′50.6″S59°27′44.2″W which is 3.95km (2.45mi) northeast of Newell Point, Robert Island, 1.65km (1.03mi) southeast of Mellona Rocks, 11.38km (7.07mi) west by south of Harmony Point, Nelson Island and 6km (3.73mi) northwest of Makresh Rocks (British mapping in 1822, 1962 and 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2009).
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