Sven Rock
| Sven Rock | ||
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| Waters | Gilbert Strait | |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 44 ′ S , 60 ° 12 ′ W | |
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The Sven skirt is a cliff rocks in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is south of the Oluf Rocks in Gilbert Strait .
Aerial photographs taken between 1955 and 1957 by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) were used for mapping purposes by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the rock in 1960 after the Danish cargo ship Oluf Sven under Captain Jan C. Ryge, who was in service with FIDASE from 1955 to 1956.
Web links
- Sven Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sven Rock on geographic.org (English)