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	Clerke Rocks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Clerke Rocks are a group of small rocky islands 74 km southeast of South Georgia Island at 55°01′ S 34°41′ W that extend 8 km from east to west.
		They include The Office Boys (Spanish: Los Mandaderos) at the northeastern end and Nobby (Spanish: Islote Llamativo or Roca Notable) at the southeastern end of the group.
		The islands were discovered in 1775 by a British expedition under Capt. James Cook, who named them for Charles Clerke, an officer on the HMS Resolution who first saw the rocks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clerke_Rocks (149 words)

	Captain James Cook Biography
		Surgeon Patten and Lieutenant Clerke had their muskets taken and when they were recovered Cook thought it best to leave.
		Clerke landed on a small island, Goat Island, to search for water but was unsuccessful.
		On the 23rd they found the land to be only rocks, covered in seabirds, and Cook called them Clerke's Rocks after his officer.
	pages.quicksilver.net.nz /jcr/%7Ecookbio3.html (10699 words)

	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The German expedition sent out to observe the transit of Venus was stationed at Royal Bay, on the south-east side of the island in 1882.
		The island group consists of the main island of South Georgia (Pepys Island), some satellite islands (including Bird Island, Annekov Island, Cooper Island, Pickersgill Islands, Welcome Islands, Willis Islands), as well as the Shag Rocks, including Black Rock, 250 km to the West, and the Clerke Rocks 74 km in the Southeast.
		There are 11 mostly volcanic islands (not counting tiny satellite islands and rocks nearby those main islands) forming an island arc, from north to south:
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Georgia (1464 words)

	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Dictionary definition
		The island would be well suited for cattle or sheep farming but for its damp, foggy climate.
		The South Sandwich Islands include Shag Rocks, Clerke Rocks, and Bird Island.
		The climate in the islands is variable, with mostly westerly winds throughout the year interspersed with periods of calm; nearly all precipitation falls as snow.
	www.encyclopedian.com /so/South-Sandwich-Islands.html (462 words)

	The Falklands War (1982) / La Guerra de Las Malvinas (1982)
		The government of the Falkland Islands administers the British dependent territories of South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands, and the Shag and Clerke rocks, lying from 700 to 2,000 miles (1,100 to 3,200 km) to the east and southeast of the Falklands.
		The total population of the islands was estimated at 2100 (in 1991) and 2967 in July 2003.
		Despite British prodding, this consent never materialized [Rock: p 377-378] As a result, Argentina's several attempts to negotiate sovereignty on the islands with Britain lead nowhere.
	www.yendor.com /vanished/falklands-war.html (3069 words)

	Antarctic Philately: The peri-Antarctic Islands
		These six isolated rocks, and outlying Black Rock, are approximately 250 km west of the island of South Georgia.
		The rocks are claimed as British territory, being part of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
		The outlying Clerke Rocks are 74 km southwest of the main island and all are mainly of sedimentary origin.
	www.south-pole.com /peri.htm (1847 words)

	Antarctic History
		In fact, what he saw was most probably the Clerke Rocks, which lie 48 kilometers southeast of South Georgia.
		In dredging the ocean bottom, her crew discovered continental rocks deposited by icebergs, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that Antarctica was a continent.
		Exploring further south, the ship struck a submerged rock in January, 1905 and the expedition was cut short.
	www.mastromedia.com /antarctica/history/history.htm (14180 words)

	South Georgia Island
		One main island, several small ones, many islets and rocks; outlying Clerke Rocks 74 km SE; mainly of sedimentary origin; in the Southern Ocean.
		A few igneous intrusions occur on the south and southeast coasts.
		The Clerke Rocks, a group of approximately 15 islets 75 km southeast of Cooper Island, are composed of granites.
	www.ndsu.nodak.edu /subantarctic/southgeorgia.htm (370 words)

	Weir High School's Cyber Atlas: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are located southeast of the tip of South America in the Antarctic Region of the south Atlantic Ocean.
		The island group includes Shag Rocks, Clerke Rocks, and Bird Island.
		There is a small military garrison on South Georgia, and the British Antarctic Survey has a biological station on Bird Island.
	whs.hanc.k12.wv.us /cyberatlas/Antarctica/UK/S_GeorgiaSandwich/index.html (255 words)

	BBC - Beyond the Broadcast - Making History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		On Cook's second voyage, when he reached and named South Georgia, he was sailing down Possession Bay when he saw a number of islands, one of which he named after Pickersgill and one after another of his officers.
		Cooper's Island and Clerke's Rocks carry the names of other officers on the expedition.
		Pickersgill by this time was Third Lieutenant and had other places named after him too - Pickersgill Harbour in New Zealand and Pickersgill Island at the tip of South America.
	www.bbc.co.uk /education/beyond/factsheets/makhist/makhist7_prog12d.shtml (541 words)

	Chapter 2. They are coming closer and closer. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		During his stay in a bay of the island, he thought he saw the Antarctic continent in the distance.
		But what he really saw, were most probably the Clerke Rocks, lying 48 kilometres southeast from South Georgia.
		The English scientist Edmond Halley left Europe in September 1699 to do some geographic research and to search for the mysterious Terra Australis Incognita.
	www.70south.com /resources/history/chapters/chapter2 (774 words)

	A23 Newsletter Number 5
		Visibility was good and it was sunny - we persuaded even the sleepy 12-4 watch that it was worth getting up for.
		We passed close to Clerke Rocks and Nobby and the Office Boys, a small collection of fl rocks.
		There were seals and whales, a pod of killer whales chasing something.
	www.mth.uea.ac.uk /ocean/a23/news-5.html (932 words)

	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
		The islands are located in the South Atlantic Ocean, east of the tip of South America, approximately 1,000 km east of the Falkland Islands, from which they are administered.
		In addition to South Georgia Island and the nine South Sandwich Islands, the island group includes Shag Rocks, Black Rock, Clerke Rocks, and Bird Island.
		A small military garrison on South Georgia withdrew in March 2001 and was replaced by a permanent group of scientists from the British Antarctic Survey.
	www.factmonster.com /ipa/A0108107.html (134 words)

	The Falkland Islands War
		The total population of the islands at 1991 was estimated at 2100.
		From a political point of view, it secured the reelection of Margaret Thatcher and brought down Leopoldo Galtieri who was quick to resign afterwards, paving the road to the restoration of democracy in Argentina.
		Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica, www.falklands-malvinas.com, David Rock: Argentina 1516-1987, Margaret Thatcher: The Downing Street Years.
	www.ability.org.uk /falklands-war.html (2165 words)

	Open Directory - Regional:Polar Regions:Antarctic:South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
		Please only submit sites that are about or located on Shag Rocks.
		This category contains Internet sites that are about or located on Shag Rocks.
		Please only submit sites that are about or located on South Georgia Island.
	dmoz.org /Regional/Polar_Regions/Antarctic/South_Georgia_and_South_Sandwich_Islands/desc.html (591 words)

	Clerke Rocks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
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	CCS - Latest News
		The ship had sailed east from the tip of South America, rather than the usual course of following the coast, or heading towards the Falkland Islands.
		As they sailed along the northern coast of the island Cook named the places he saw after his patrons and eminent people back home, and also after some of his crew, such as Coopers Island (after the First Lieutenant), Clerke’s Rocks (after the Second Lieutenant) and Pickersgill Island (after the Third Lieutenant).
		Pickersgill island is a pretty bleak place I should imagine.
	www.captaincooksociety.com /ccsunews.htm (5437 words)

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