Southtrap Rock
| Southtrap Rock | ||
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Archipelago | Joinville Islands ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 58 ′ S , 56 ° 38 ′ W | |
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The Southtrap rock (translated from English mutatis mutandis Südfallenfelsen ) is an isolated cliff rocks in the group of the Joinville Island group off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located west of Cape Juncal on D'Urville Island .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1963 as the southernmost of the geographic objects dangerous to seafaring that should be avoided when entering the Antarctic Sound north .
Web links
- Southtrap rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Southtrap Rock on geographic.org (English)