Weeks Stack
Weeks Stack is a sea stack lying off the north tip of Nelson Island in the northern approach to Fildes Strait, in the South Shetland Islands. Situated 635 m north-northeast of Cariz Point.Places of Interest
Highlights include Horatio Stump and Nancy Rock.
Horatio Stump
Peak
Horatio Stump is a flat-topped hill, 165 metres high, lying immediately east of Flat Top Peninsula at the southwest end of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.
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.
Rotalia Island
Islet
Rotalia Island is the rocky island off the north coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 310 m in southeast-northwest direction and 250 m in southwest-northeast direction.
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.
Weeks Stack
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 58 metres
- Description: island in the South Shetland Islands
- Categories: island and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-62.2273° or 62° 13′ 38″ southLongitude
-59.0475° or 59° 2′ 51″ westElevation
58 metres (190 feet)Open location code
3892QXF3+32OpenStreetMap ID
node 10272413803OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q15711814
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Weeks Stack from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Weeks Stack” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Weeks Stack”
- Chinese: “Yingbin Dao”
- Chinese: “威克斯岩”
- Chinese: “迎賓島”
- Czech: “Hromada Weeks”
- Dutch: “Weeks Stack”
- French: “Stack de Weeks”
- German: “Weeks Stack”
- German: “Weekspfeiler”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Weeks Stack”
- Spanish: “Farallón de Weeks”
- Swedish: “Weeks Stack”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Weeks Stack”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Yanjing Lakes and Professor Julio Escudero Base.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hulu Lake and Mount Biyu.
Antarctica: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Livingston Island, Villa Las Estrellas, South Pole, and Antarctic Peninsula.
Curious Peaks to Discover
Uncover intriguing peaks from every corner of the globe.