Weeks Stack
| Weeks Stack | ||
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| Waters | Fildes Strait | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 14 ′ S , 59 ° 3 ′ W | |
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The Weeks Stack is a breakwater in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located off the northern tip of Nelson Island in the northern entrance to Fildes Strait .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1962 after Captain Joseph Weeks, who operated with the British sealer Horatio between 1820 and 1821 in the waters around the South Shetland Islands.
Web links
- Weeks Stack in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Weeks Stack on geographic.org (English)