Growler rock
| Growler rock | ||
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| Waters | King George Bay | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 8 ′ S , 58 ° 9 ′ W | |
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The Growler Rock (also known as Roca Gruñón ) is a reef rock in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 1.5 km northwest of Lions Rump in the western part of King George Bay of King George Island .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations , who mapped it in 1937, named it after an English term for small ice floes that barely rise above sea level.
Web links
- Growler Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Growler Rock on geographic.org (English)