Grace Rock
| Grace Rock | ||
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 22 ′ S , 58 ° 59 ′ W | |
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The Grace skirt is a cliff rocks in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is 1.5 km off the south coast of Nelson Island .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1961 after the British sealer Grace under Captain Henry Rowe, who operated in the waters around the South Shetland Islands between 1821 and 1822.
Web links
- Grace Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Grace Rock on geographic.org (English)