Asses Ears (South Shetland Islands)

Asses Ears

Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Asses Ears Location of Asses Ears (South Shetland Islands) Asses Ears Asses Ears (Antarctica)
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°19′S 59°45′W
Total islands	3
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

The Asses Ears are a set of three small islands off northwest Robert Island, forming the north part of Potmess Rocks in English Strait, South Shetland Islands. Presumably known to early sealers, the feature was charted and named descriptively by personnel on Discovery II in 1934–35.

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• South Shetland Islands

Map

• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

References

•  This article incorporates public domain material from "Asses Ears (South Shetland Islands)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

External links

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer

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