Wiltshire Rocks

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Wiltshire Rocks (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) is a group of rocks in the sea about 4.6 kilometres (2.5 nmi) east-northeast of Smith Rocks, 2.8 kilometres (1.5 nmi) east of Kitney Island, and 4.6 kilometres (2.5 nmi) northwest of Paterson Islands, off the coast of Mac. Robertson Land. First mapped from air photographs by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named Spjotoyskjera. Renamed (1971) by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for A.C.W. Wiltshire, cook at Mawson Station in 1963.

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Wiltshire Rocks" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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