Napier Rock
Napier Rock is a rock lying 1.75 nautical miles east-southeast of Point Thomas in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908–10.Places of Interest
Highlights include Arctowski Lighthouse and Ecology Glacier.
Ecology Glacier
Glacier
Photo: Acaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ecology Glacier is a glacier flowing northeast into Admiralty Bay, King George Island, north of Llano Point. It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1980, after the Institute of Ecology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the sponsor of nearby Arctowski Station.
Sphinx Hill
Peak
Photo: Acaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sphinx Hill is a conspicuous, isolated black hill, 145 m, standing 1.5 nautical miles north-northwest of Demay Point on King George Island, South Shetland Islands. Sphinx Hill is situated 2½ km south of Napier Rock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station.
Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
Hamlet
The Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station is a permanent Antarctic research station named after the Brazilian Navy Commander Luís Antônio de Carvalho Ferraz, who visited Antarctica many times with the British exploration team and managed to convince his government to create a self-guided Brazilian Antarctic Program. Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station is situated 9 km north of Napier Rock.
Napier Rock
- Type: Islet
- Description: in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetland Islands
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.16526° or 62° 9′ 55″ southLongitude
-58.43757° or 58° 26′ 15″ westOpen location code
3893RHM6+VXOpenStreetMap ID
way 62202434OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
Discover Napier Rock from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Napier Rock” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Napier”
- Chinese: “納皮爾岩”
- Dutch: “Napier”
- German: “Napier Rock”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Napier Rock”
- Polish: “Napier Rock”
- Polish: “Skała Napiera”
- Spanish: “Napier, roca”
- Spanish: “Roca Napier”
- Swedish: “Napier Rock”
- Swedish: “Napier”
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