Upton Rock
| Upton Rock | ||
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 12 ′ S , 59 ° 7 ′ W | |
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The Upton rock is a cliff rocks in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is 5 km northwest of the Flat Top Peninsula of King George Island .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it on 1961 after Benjamin Upton, captain of the US sealer Nancy from Salem , who operated in the waters around the South Shetland Islands between 1820 and 1822.
Web links
- Upton rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Upton Rock on geographic.org (English)