Mellona Rocks

Mellona Rocks
Nelson Strait
Mellona Rocks is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Mellona Rocks
Mellona Rocks
Location of Mellona Rocks
Mellona Rocks is located in Antarctica
Mellona Rocks
Mellona Rocks
Mellona Rocks (Antarctica)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°17′49.3″S 59°29′43.6″W / 62.297028°S 59.495444°W / -62.297028; -59.495444
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Mellona Rocks is a group of scattered rocks lying at the north entrance to Nelson Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and extending 1.7 by 0.9 km (1.06 by 0.56 mi). The area was known to the early 19th-century sealers and sometimes included under the names 'Heywood Islands' or 'Powels Islands'.

The feature is named after the British sealing ship Mellona under Captain Thomas Johnson that operated in the South Shetlands in 1821–22.