Fuente rock
| Fuente rock | ||
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| Waters | Discovery Bay | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 30 ′ S , 59 ° 41 ′ W | |
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The Fuente Rock ( Spanish Islote de la Fuente ) is a low cliff rock with a beacon installed on it in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 600 m northeast of Ferrer Point in Discovery Bay on Greenwich Island .
Participants of the 5th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1950–1951) named him after Alberto de la Fuente, deputy commander of the ship Iquique on the previous research voyage (1949–1950). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee transferred the Spanish name to English in 1973.
Web links
- Fuente Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fuente Rock on geographic.org (English)