Acapulco rocks

Acapulco rocks
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location	Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Mountains	Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates	70 ° 33 ′ 0 ″  S , 164 ° 2 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 70 ° 33 ′ 0 ″  S , 164 ° 2 ′ 0 ″  E

The Acapulco Rock is a rock formation in East Antarctic Victoria Land . On the Oates coast, it looms in the confluence of the Lillie Glacier in Ob 'Bay west of the Buell Peninsula .

Scientists from the German expedition series GANOVEX gave it its name in reference to the La Quebrada cliffs in Acapulco, Mexico, which are popular with cliff divers .

See also

• List of geographical objects named by the GANOVEX expeditions

literature

• John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 4 (English)

Web links

• Acapulco rocks in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)