Caraquet skirt
| Caraquet skirt | ||
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 7 ′ S , 59 ° 0 ′ W | |
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The Caraquet Rock is a cliff rock in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is 6 km west-southwest of Bell Point off the western section of King George Island .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it on September 23, 1960 after the sealer Caraquette [sic!] From Liverpool , who operated under Captain John Usher between 1821 and 1822 in the waters around the South Shetland Islands.
Web links
- Caraquet rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Caraquet Rock on geographic.org (English)