Henfield Rock
| Henfield Rock | ||
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 19 ′ S , 59 ° 35 ′ W | |
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The Henfield rock is a cliff rocks in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 3 km northwest of Newell Point on Robert Island
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the rock in 1961 after Joseph Hardy Henfield (1786 – unknown), captain of the American sealer Catharina , who operated between 1820 and 1821 in the waters around the South Shetland Islands.
Web links
- Henfield Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Henfield Rock on geographic.org (English)