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Grace Rock
Location of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands
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Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°21′32.3″S 58°59′22.5″W / 62.358972°S 58.989583°W / -62.358972; -58.989583
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Grace Rock is a rock in Bransfield Strait, Antarctica lying 1.72 kilometres (0.93 nmi) off the southeast coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 after the British sealing vessel Grace (Captain H. Rowe) from Plymouth, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1821–22.

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References

  1. Grace Rock. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
  2. "Grace Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Grace Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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