Stanley Patch
Stanley Patch is a shoal lying in Port Foster, 2 nautical miles west-northwest of Fildes Point, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named after Stanley, Falkland Islands, by Lieutenant Commander D.N.Places of Interest
Highlights include Crater Lake and Kirkwood, Mount.
Crater Lake
Lake
Crater Lake is a volcanic crater, now filled with water, lying north-west of Mount Kirkwood on the south side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
Kirkwood, Mount
Peak
Mount Kirkwood is a mountain, 460 m, standing 3 nautical miles west of Entrance Point in the south part of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Kirkwood, Mount is situated 3 km south of Stanley Patch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aguirre Cerda Research Station.
Aguirre Cerda Research Station
Locality
Photo: Jorval, Public domain.
President Pedro Aguirre Cerda Station was a Chilean Antarctic base, located at Pendulum Cove in Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands, inaugurated in 1955. Aguirre Cerda Research Station is situated 5 km northeast of Stanley Patch.
Stanley Patch
- Type: Water
- Description: shoal in Port Foster, Shetland Islands
- Categories: geographical feature and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“Stanley Patch” goes by many names.
- German: “Stanley Patch”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stanley Patch”
- Spanish: “Stacy, banco”
- Spanish: “Stanley, Banco”
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