The Pointers is a pair of rocks off the northwest coast of
Rugged Island, lying between
Eddystone Rocks and
Start Point,
Livingston Island
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in the
South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
The rocks were known to 19th century
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* Sealer Hill, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
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who named them descriptively as a navigational mark and hazard near the entrance to
New Plymouth
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harbour.
Location
The rocks are centred at which is west of Start Point, Livingston Island, north-northwest of
Cape Sheffield
Cape Sheffield is a cape forming the northwest extremity of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It was named for Captain James P. Sheffield, Master of the brig ''Hersilia'' of Stonington, Connecticut, in 1819–20 and 1820 ...
and east-northeast of Eddystone Rocks (British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2009).
See also
*
List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
References
External links
The Pointersat ''
Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
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Rock formations of the South Shetland Islands
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