Nancy Rock
Nancy Rock () is a rock lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Flat Top Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ... (UK-APC) in 1961 after the American sealing vessel Nancy (Captain Benjamin Upton) from Salem, MA, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820–22. Rock formations of King George Island (South Shetland Islands) {{KingGeorgeIslandAQ-geo-stub ...
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