Fitzpatrick Rock

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Fitzpatrick Rock
Waters Newcomb Bay
Archipelago Windmill Islands
Geographical location 66 ° 16 ′  S , 110 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 66 ° 16 ′  S , 110 ° 30 ′  E
Fitzpatrick Rock (Antarctica)
Fitzpatrick Rock
Map of the northern Windmill Islands with Fitzpatrick Rock (lower half of the map)
Map of the northern Windmill Islands with Fitzpatrick Rock (lower half of the map)

The Fitzpatrick Rock is a small, low and icy rock island in the archipelago of the Windmill Islands off the Budd coast of the East Antarctic Wilkesland . It is located 800 m northwest of Kilby Island in the entrance to Newcomb Bay .

The crew of the icebreaker USS Glacier first mapped it in February 1957. At the suggestion of the navigator Robert Carl Newcomb (1926-2008), the island was named after boatswain's mate John Fitzpatrick, who was involved in the mapping and surveying work.

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