Skeen Rocks

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Skeen Rocks (67°47′S 68°54′W / 67.783°S 68.900°W / -67.783; -68.900Coordinates: 67°47′S 68°54′W / 67.783°S 68.900°W / -67.783; -68.900) is a two rocks lying south of Avian Island, off the south end of Adelaide Island. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Lieutenant Michael G.C. Skeen, Royal Navy, officer in charge of the helicopter flight, HMS charting this area in 1961–63.

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