Stanley Patch
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 58 ′ 30 " S , 60 ° 38 ′ 31" W | |
| Waters 1 | Port Foster | |
The Stanley Patch is a shoal in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In Port Foster of Deception Island it is 3 km west-northwest of Fildes Point
Lieutenant Commander David Neil Penfold (1913-1991) of the Royal Navy , who was involved in surveying Deception Island between 1948 and 1949, named it after Stanley , capital of the Falkland Islands .
Web links
- Stanley Patch in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Stanley Patch on geographic.org (English)