Nancy Rock

Nancy Rock is a rock in the located 2 nautical miles west of , King George Island. The rock was named in 1961 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee after the American sailing vessel Nancy, from , that visited the South Shetland Islands around 1820–22 while captained by Benjamin Upton, namesake of .
Wikipedia
  • Islet
  • Description: South Shetland Islands rock

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Akin Island and Fregata Island.
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is a wide, rocky island 280 m long… is situated 1¼ km south of Nancy Rock.
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is the 480 m long… is situated 1½ km south of Nancy Rock.
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is the 320 m long in west–east direction… is situated 2 km south of Nancy Rock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Villa Las Estrellas and President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base.
SnowSwan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a civilian settlement…
Mefisto29, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Neighborhood
Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva is the most important Antarctic base of . is situated 7 km east of Nancy Rock.

Nancy Rock

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Latitude
-62.21709° or 62° 13′ 2″ south
Longitude
-59.10064° or 59° 6′ 2″ west
Open location code
3892QVMX+5P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1123921913
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Wiki­data ID
Q6962942

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Nancy Rock” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Nancy Rock”
  • Chinese: “南希岩”
  • Dutch: “Nancy Rock”
  • French: “Rocher Nancy”
  • German: “Nancy Rock”
  • German: “Nancyfelsen”
  • Ladin: “Nancy Rock”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nancy Rock”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nancy Rock”
  • Spanish: “Roca Nancy”
  • Swedish: “Nancy Rock”

Places with the Same Name

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rotalia Island and Upton Rock.

Nearby Places

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