Sørlle Rocks () is a group of rocks, the highest high, lying west of

Moreton Point Moreton Point is a point north of Return Point at the western end of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica. It was roughly charted by Captains George Powell and Nathaniel Palmer in 1821, and was named by Discovery Inv ...

, the west extremity of

Coronation Island Coronation Island is the largest of the South Orkney Islands, long and from wide. The island extends in a general east–west direction, is mainly ice-covered and comprises numerous bays, glaciers and peaks, the highest rising to . History T ...

in the South Orkney Islands. It was named ''Tre Sten'' ("three stones") on Captain

Petter Sørlle Petter Sørlle (February 16, 1884 – May 29, 1933) was a Norwegian whaling captain and inventor. Biography Petter Martin Mattias Koch Sørlle was born at Tune (now Sarpsborg) in Østfold, Norway. Both his father and grandfather had been sailors ...

's chart resulting from his 1912-13 survey. Later renamed for Sørlle by DI personnel on the '' Discovery II'' following their survey in 1933.

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Rock formations of the South Orkney Islands {{SouthOrkneys-geo-stub