Launch Rock

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Launch Rock (

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67°46′S 68°56′W / 67.767°S 68.933°W / -67.767; -68.933Coordinates: 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]

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  1. ^ "Launch Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-06-04.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Launch Rock". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)


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