Grace Rock
Encyclopedia
Grace Rock is a rock lying 1.73 km off the southeast coast of Nelson Island
in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1961 after the British sealing vessel Grace (Captain Rowe) from Plymouth, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1821-22.
Nelson Island (South Shetland Islands)
Nelson Island is an island long and wide, lying southwest of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Nelson Island is located at...
in the South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
, Antarctica. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1961 after the British sealing vessel Grace (Captain Rowe) from Plymouth, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1821-22.
Map
- South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3373. DOS 610 - W 62 58. Tolworth, UK, 1968.