Cavalier skirt
| Cavalier skirt | ||
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| Waters | Bellingshausen lake | |
| Archipelago | Adelaide and Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 49 ′ S , 69 ° 28 ′ W | |
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The Cavalier rock is an isolated rocky island south of Adelaide Island and west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 21 km southwest of Cape Adriasola .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1963 after Lieutenant Geoffrey Alan Cavalier (* 1941) of the Royal Navy , helicopter pilot for reconnaissance flights from the HMS Protector in the area.
Web links
- Cavalier Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cavalier Rock on geographic.org (English)