Sphinx Rock
Encyclopedia
Sphinx Rock is a rock which lies immediately off the southwest end of Monroe Island in the South Orkney Islands
. Charted and named by DI
personnel on the Discovery II in 1933.
South Orkney Islands
The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. They have a total area of about ....
. Charted and named by DI
Discovery Investigations
The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean. They were funded by the British Colonial Office and organised by the Discovery Committee in London, which was formed in 1918...
personnel on the Discovery II in 1933.