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 (mariner), George Powell and Nathaniel Palmer in 1821, and was ...

, 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 The South Orkney Islands are a group of List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands, islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula 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 ''Discovery II'', built in 1971, is the second of three Discovery sternwheel riverboats operated by the Riverboat Discovery company. ''Discovery II'' is still in use as a tour vessel on the Chena and Tanana rivers near Fairbanks, Alaska. Hist ...

'' following their survey in 1933.

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