Risk rock
| Risk rock | ||
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| Waters | Crystal sound | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 9 ′ S , 65 ° 49 ′ W | |
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The Risk Rock (from English risk , risk, peril, risk ” ) is an isolated cliff rock off the Graham coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . In Crystal Sound, it is halfway between Cape Evensen and the Pesky Rocks before the entrance to Auvert Bay .
Aerial photos by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. from the years between 1956 and 1957 were used by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey for mapping. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the rock that way in 1959 because it posed a danger to ships sailing the strait between Marie Island and the mainland coast southwards.
Web links
- Risk rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Risk Rock on geographic.org (English)