Black Rocks, South Georgia
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Framnaes Point () is a point southwest of Cape Saunders, on the north side of
Stromness Bay Stromness Bay is a bay wide, entered between Cape Saunders and Busen Point on the north coast of South Georgia. Stromness Bay, like Leith Harbour takes its name from a location in Scotland, Stromness, on the Orkney Mainland. This is partiall ...
, South Georgia. The name was given prior to 1920, probably by Norwegian whalers operating in the area. Just southeast of Framnaes Point are a small group of rocks called the Black Rocks. The name Blenheim Rocks has appeared for these rocks, but since about 1930 the name Black Rocks has been used more consistently.


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