Mellona Rocks [SEP] continent
Mellona Rocks
Mellona Rocks is a group of scattered rocks lying at the north entrance to Nelson Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and extending . The area was known to the early 19th-century sealers and sometimes included under the names 'Heywood Islands' or 'Powels Islands'.
The feature is named after the British sealing ship "Mellona" under Captain Thomas Johnson that operated in the South Shetlands in 1821–22.
Location.
The rocks are centred at which is north-northeast of Newell Point,
Opaka Rocks
Opaka Rocks (, ‘Skali Opaka’ ska-'li 'o-pa-ka) are a group of rocks with the principal one situated north of Henfield Rock, east of Pordim Islands and 4.79 km west by south of Mellona Rocks off the north coast of Robert Island, South Shetland Islands. Bulgarian early early mapping in 2009. Named after the town of Opaka in northeastern Bulgaria.
See also.
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCAR