Arms of the British Antarctic Territory

Ørnen Rocks

(South Shetland Islands)

British Antarctic Territory

Location: 62° 0' 32" S 57° 33' 54" W
awash off Cape Melville, Destruction Harbour, King George Island, were charted by the Vesterlid whaling expedition (August F. Christensen) in 1908-09, and named Ørnen Klippene after the Norwegian whaling company A/S Ørnen and its ship Ørnen, one of the first modern whale catchers (Orne Harbour, q.v.), which ran aground on the rocks in that season. The rocks were re-charted by Discovery Investigations in 1937.