Guardian Rock

Guardian Rock
Guardian Rock
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 67°33′S 67°16′W / 67.550°S 67.267°W / -67.550; -67.267Coordinates: 67°33′S 67°16′W / 67.550°S 67.267°W / -67.550; -67.267
Administration
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Guardian Rock is a low ice-free rock lying in Bigourdan Fjord, 3 kilometres (1.5 nmi) north of Parvenu Point, Pourquoi Pas Island, close off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was first surveyed in 1948–49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, and so named by them because of the position of this rock which guards the northwest entrance to The Narrows.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Guardian Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-05-10.

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