Salient rock
| Salient rock | ||
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| Waters | Nelson Strait | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 21 ′ S , 59 ° 21 ′ W | |
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The Salient Rock (English, Spanish Roca Saliente , in each case translated “protruding rock”) is a cliff rock in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is the outermost of a series of rocks that surround the northeastern end of Robert Island and extend into Nelson Strait .
Your Spanish name was first recorded on a Chilean map from 1951. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated this designation into English in 1964.
Web links
- Salient Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Salient Rock on geographic.org (English)