Hibbert Rock
| Hibbert Rock | ||
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| Waters | Marguerite Bay | |
| Archipelago | Adelaide and Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 46 ′ S , 69 ° 3 ′ W | |
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The Hibbert rock is a dry falling cliff rocks at the southern end of Adelaide Island west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located southeast of League Rock .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1964 after William Hibbert (1921-2005), second machinist of the research vessel RRS John Biscoe from 1957 to 1963, which had supported the work of the Royal Navy's hydrographic surveying unit in the area between 1962 and 1963.
Web links
- Hibbert Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hibbert Rock on geographic.org (English)