Mellona Rocks
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Sector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK /
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Mellona Rocks is a group of scattered rocks lying at the north entrance to Nelson Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and extending 1.7 by 0.9 km (1.06 by 0.56 mi). The area was known to the early 19th-century sealers and sometimes included under the names 'Heywood Islands' or 'Powels Islands'.
The feature is named after the British sealing ship Mellona under Captain Thomas Johnson that operated in the South Shetlands in 1821–22.
The feature is named after the British sealing ship Mellona under Captain Thomas Johnson that operated in the South Shetlands in 1821–22.
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Coordinates: 62°17'52"S 59°29'35"W
- Weaver Peninsula 38 km
- Barton Peninsula 38 km
- Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula 72 km
- Cockerell Peninsula 137 km
- Oluf Rocks 157 km
- Whittle Peninsula 165 km
- Beak Island 180 km
- Corry Island 183 km
- Brandy Cove 184 km
- Pastorizo Bay 205 km
- Nelson Strait 11 km
- Robert Island 12 km
- Nelson Island 24 km
- Greenwich Island 27 km
- McFarlane Strait 34 km
- Moon Bay 40 km
- Varna Peninsula 41 km
- Tangra Mountains 52 km
- Livingston Island 58 km
- South Bay 65 km