Launch Rock
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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年06月04日.
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