Mission Rock

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For the San Francisco transit station, see Mission Rock station.

Mission Rock (

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67°49′S 68°25′W / 67.817°S 68.417°W / -67.817; -68.417Coordinates: 67°49′S 68°25′W / 67.817°S 68.417°W / -67.817; -68.417) is a low-lying rock lying southwest of the Guébriant Islands, off the south end of Adelaide Island, Antarctica. It was surveyed by the , 1962–63, and was so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963 because of the rock's proximity to the Guébriant Islands, which were named for the French missionary Father .[1]

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  1. ^ "Mission Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-10-25.

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