Aim Rocks

Aim Rocks

Location of Morton Strait in the South Shetland Islands.
Aim Rocks Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°41′43.6″S 61°15′50.6″W / 62.695444°S 61.264056°W / -62.695444; -61.264056Coordinates: 62°41′43.6″S 61°15′50.6″W / 62.695444°S 61.264056°W / -62.695444; -61.264056
Administration
None
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Aim Rocks is a group of rocks lying east of Cape Timblón in the middle of Morton Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The name, given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961, is descriptive; these rocks in line are a guide for safe passage through the southern entrance of Morton Strait.

Maps

• L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

References

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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