Honores rock
| Honores rock | ||
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| Waters | Discovery Bay | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 30 ′ S , 59 ° 43 ′ W | |
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| Highest elevation | 2 m | |
The Honores Rock (in Chile Islote Honores ) is a cliff rock in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In Discovery Bay on Greenwich Island, it rises 800 m southwest of Ferrer Point 2 m above sea level.
Participants of the 2nd Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1947–1948) named him after Arsenio Honores, the cook of their ship Iquique . Translated into English, the form first appeared on a 1968 Royal Navy map .
Web links
- Honores rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Honores Rock on geographic.org (English)