Channel Rock (Argentine Islands)
| Channel rock | ||
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| Waters | Meek channel | |
| Archipelago | Argentine Islands , Wilhelm Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 15 ′ S , 64 ° 16 ′ W | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Channel Rock (from English channel 'Kanal, Fahrrinne' ) is a marine rock west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located in the northwest entrance of the Meek Canal in the group of Argentine islands of the Wilhelm Archipelago .
A mapping of the rock was made by participants of the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer John Rymill in 1935. The naming was based on the geographical location.
literature
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 303 (English)
Web links
- Channel Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Channel Rock on geographic.org (English)