Postillion rock
| Postillion rock | ||
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| Waters | Neny Fjord | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 14 ′ S , 66 ° 53 ′ W | |
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The Postillion Rock (in Chile Isla Teniente Primero Marinero Rubilar ) is a small ice-free cliff rock off the Fallières coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located immediately south of the Roman Four Promontory in the northern part of the Neny Fjord .
Participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937), led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill, mapped it for the first time in 1936. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1949 carried out a further survey and naming . It is named after its remote geographical location. Participants of the 1st Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1946–1947) named it after a member of the expedition.
Web links
- Postillion rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Postillion Rock on geographic.org (English)