Upton Rock
Upton Rock is a rock in the South Shetland Islands, located 3 nautical miles northwest of Flat Top Peninsula, King George Island. The rock was named in 1961 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Benjamin Upton, who captained the American sailing vessel Nancy, namesake of Nancy Rock, from Salem, Massachusetts, during its visit to the South Shetland Islands around 1820–22.Places of Interest
Highlights include Nancy Rock and Akin Island.
Nancy Rock
Islet
Nancy Rock is a rock in the South Shetland Islands located 2 nautical miles west of Flat Top Peninsula, King George Island. The rock was named in 1961 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee after the American sailing vessel Nancy, from Salem, Massachusetts, that visited the South Shetland Islands around 1820–22 while captained by Benjamin Upton, namesake of Upton Rock. Nancy Rock is situated 2½ km southeast of Upton Rock.
Akin Island
Islet
Akin Island is a wide, rocky island 280 m long in southeast-northwest direction and 100 m lying off the north coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is “named after Akin Point on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.”… Akin Island is situated 4 km south of Upton Rock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villa Las Estrellas and President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base.
Villa Las Estrellas
Photo: SnowSwan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villa Las Estrellas is a Chilean civilian settlement on King George Island, the largest of the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula. It consists of some dozen prefabs but is a vital service hub for all the bases on the island.
President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base
Neighborhood
Photo: Mefisto29, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva is the most important Antarctic base of Chile. It is located at Fildes Peninsula, an ice-free area, in front of Fildes Bay, at the west end of King George Island, South Shetland Islands. President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base is situated 8 km east of Upton Rock.
Upton Rock
- Type: Water
- Description: South Shetland Islands place
- Categories: human settlement and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Upton Rock” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “厄普頓岩”
- French: “Rocher Upton”
- German: “Upton Rock”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Upton Rock”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Upton Rock”
- Norwegian: “Upton Rock”
- Spanish: “Roca Upton”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nancy Rock and Withem Island.
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