Launch Rock
Launch Rock (67°46′S 68°56′W / 67.767°S 68.933°W / -67.767; -68.933) is a submerged rock lying southwest of the Glover Rocks, off the south end of Adelaide Island, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee to commemorate the unnamed launch from RRS John Biscoe that was used by the Hydrographic Survey Unit which charted this area in 1963.[1]
References
- ^ "Launch Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
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Adelaide Island
- Rothera Research Station
- Teniente Luis Carvajal Villaroel Antarctic Base
and nunatuks
- Mount Barre
- Mount Bodys
- Mount Bouvier
- Bond Nunatak
- Dewar Nunatak
- Mount Ditte
- Mount Gaudry
- Hunt Peak
- Lincoln Nunatak
- Mount Liotard
- Mount Machatschek
- Mount Mangin
- Mount Reeves
- Sighing Peak
- Stokes Peaks
- Mount Velain
- Visser Hill
features
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