The Pointers

Location of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands
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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°35′21.1″S 61°19′15.3″W / 62.589194°S 61.320917°W / -62.589194; -61.320917
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Administration
Antarctica
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

The Pointers is a pair of rocks off the northwest coast of Rugged Island, lying between Eddystone Rocks and Start Point, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

The rocks were known to 19th century sealers who named them descriptively as a navigational mark and hazard near the entrance to New Plymouth harbour.

Location

The rocks are centred at 62°35′21.1″S 61°19′15.3″W / 62.589194°S 61.320917°W / -62.589194; -61.320917 which is 5.39 km (3.35 mi) west of Start Point, Livingston Island, 2.92 km (1.81 mi) north-northwest of Cape Sheffield and 3.54 km (2.20 mi) east-northeast of Eddystone Rocks (British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2009).

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands

See also

• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from "The Pointers". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 

External links

• The Pointers at Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

62°36′S 61°19′W / 62.600°S 61.317°W / -62.600; -61.317