Passage rock
| Passage rock | ||
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| Waters | English Strait | |
| Archipelago | Okol Rocks ( Aitcho Islands , South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 22 '18.1 " S , 59 ° 45' 44.1" W | |
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| length | 200 m | |
| width | 130 m | |
| surface | 0.13 ha | |
The passage rock is a Rifffelsen in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In the group of the Aitcho Islands , it is 1.8 km west of the Fort William peninsula of Robert Island in the English Strait .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations , who mapped it in 1935, named it so because the rock served as a landmark for them as they passed through the English Strait.
Web links
- Passage rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Passage Rock on geographic.org (English)