Chance rock
| Chance rock | ||
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| Waters | Gerlache Street | |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 0 ′ S , 61 ° 13 ′ W | |
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The Chance Rock (from English chance 'risk' ) is a sea-washed reef rock in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located in the center of Gerlache Street, not far from its connection with Orléans Street .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it that way in 1960 because the rock posed a threat to ships crossing the Gerlache Strait.
Web links
- Chance rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Chance Rock on geographic.org (English)