Anvil Rock (Antarctica)
| Anvil rock | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Archipelago | Argentine Islands , Wilhelm Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 14 ′ S , 64 ° 16 ′ W | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Anvil rock (of English anvil , anvil ' ) is a marine rocks off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies between Grotto Island and the southeastern end of the Forge Islands in the group of Argentine Islands of the Wilhelm Archipelago .
Mapping and descriptive naming were made by participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer John Rymill in 1935.
literature
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 68 (English)
Web links
- Anvil rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Anvil Rock on geographic.org (English)