Walsham Rocks is a group of rocks lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of
Buff island, at the southwest end of the
Palmer Archipelago, off the coast of
Antarctica
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.
The rocks were surveyed by the
British Naval Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1956-57 and named by the
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
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(UK-APC) for
Able Seaman John Walsham,
Royal Navy
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, a member of the Unit.
Rock formations of the Palmer Archipelago
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