Vidal Rock
| Vidal Rock | ||
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| Waters | Discovery Bay | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 30 ′ S , 59 ° 43 ′ W | |
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| Highest elevation | 1 m | |
The Vidal Rock (in Chile Islote Vidal and Islote Navegante Vidal ) is a cliff rock in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In Discovery Bay on Greenwich Island, it rises 1.3 km west of Ferrer Point .
Participants of the 1st Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1946–1947) named him after Osvaldo Vidal, who was responsible for the echo sounder on this research trip on the frigate Iquique .
Web links
- Vidal rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Vidal Rock on geographic.org (English)