Mission Rock

Mission Rock is a low-lying rock lying southwest of the , off the south end of , Antarctica. It was surveyed by the Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit, 1962–63, and was so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963 because of the rock's proximity to the Guébriant Islands, which were named for the French missionary Father Jean Budes de Guébriant.
Wikipedia
  • Islet
  • Description: Rock in Antarctica
  • Also known as
    “Mision, roca”
    “Roca Misión”

Mission Rock

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Latitude
-67.816° or 67° 48′ 58″ south
Longitude
-68.43537° or 68° 26′ 7″ west
Open location code
374H5HM7+HV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 225857914
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
6638208
Wiki­data ID
Q15253654

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mission Rock” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Misión”
  • Chinese: “米申岩”
  • Dutch: “Misión”
  • German: “Mission Rock”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mission Rock”
  • Spanish: “Misión, roca”
  • Spanish: “Roca Mision”
  • Spanish: “Roca Misión”
  • Swedish: “Misión”
  • Swedish: “Mission Rock”

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