Phelps Rock
| Phelps Rock | ||
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| Waters | French passage | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 0 ′ S , 65 ° 49 ′ W | |
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The Phelps rock (in Argentina Islote Patito ) is an island-like cliff rock of 10 m height off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located southwest of Hugo Island in the western entrance to the French Passage .
A Royal Navy hydrographic unit charted him from HMS Protector between 1966 and 1967 . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1971 after Edmund Malcolm Stuart Phelps (1928-2017), first officer (1966-1972) and then captain (1972-1991) of the RRS John Biscoe , who was responsible for the work of the hydrographic unit in the area had supported.
Web links
- Phelps rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Phelps Rock on geographic.org (English)