Telefon Rocks

Location of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Telefon Rocks (62°15′S 58°27′W / 62.250°S 58.450°W / -62.250; -58.450Coordinates: 62°15′S 58°27′W / 62.250°S 58.450°W / -62.250; -58.450) is a group of rocks 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-southwest of Demay Point, at the west side of the entrance to Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named after the Telefon, a vessel which went aground and was abandoned there in 1908.

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