Fitton rock
| Fitton rock | ||
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| Waters | Marguerite Bay | |
| Archipelago | Adelaide and Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 45 ′ S , 68 ° 34 ′ W | |
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The Fitton rock is a flattened clip rocks in the archipelago of Adelaide- and Biscoe Islands west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located southeast of Cape Alexandra off the southern end of Adelaide Island .
Participants in the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition , led by polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot, mapped it for the first time. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1963 after Gordon Francis Fitton (* 1932), who was part of the British Antarctic Survey team , which wintered on Adelaide Island for the first time between 1961 and 1962 during the campaign.
Web links
- Fitton rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fitton Rock on geographic.org (English)