Northtrap Rocks

The Northtrap Rocks are a small isolated group of rocks lying northwest of Cape Juncal, D'Urville Island, in the Joinville Island group. In association with Sauthtrap Rock, so named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1963 because the rocks are the northernmost of two features which should be avoided by vessels entering Antarctic Sound from the north.

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62°54′S 56°35′W


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