Channel Rock (South Shetland Islands)
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| Waters | McFarlane Strait , Southern Ocean | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 28 ′ S , 60 ° 5 ′ W | |
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The Channel Rock (from English channel 'Kanal, Fahrrinne' ) is a rocky island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is the larger of two rocks to the north of McFarlane Strait and is 800 m south of the Meade Islands .
Scientists from the UK Discovery Investigations mapped and named it in 1935.
Web links
- Channel Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Channel Rock on geographic.org (English)