Grace Rock
Not to be confused with Grace Rocks.
 Location of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
  Grace Rock Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°21′32.3″S 58°59′22.5″W / 62.358972°S 58.989583°WCoordinates: 62°21′32.3″S 58°59′22.5″W / 62.358972°S 58.989583°W[1] |
| Administration | |
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None | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
| Additional information | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Grace Rock is a rock in Bransfield Strait, Antarctica lying 1.72 kilometres (0.93 nmi) off the southeast coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 after the British sealing vessel Grace (Captain H. Rowe) from Plymouth, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1821–22.[2]
Map
- South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3373. DOS 610 - W 62 58. Tolworth, UK, 1968.
References
- ↑ Grace Rock. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- ↑ "Grace Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
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