Fortín Rock
Fortín Rock (62°28′S 60°44′W / 62.467°S 60.733°WCoordinates: 62°28′S 60°44′W / 62.467°S 60.733°W) is a conspicuous rock or sea stack lying off Black Point, Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name appears in a 1953 volume of Argentine sailing directions for Antarctica and Argentine charts. In Spanish, "fortín" means small fort. This feature has sometimes been misidentified on charts as Scarborough Castle.[1]
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- ^ "Fortín Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
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