Quilp Rock

Quilp Rock is a small, isolated rock in Laubeuf Fjord, lying 6.5 kilometres (3.5 nmi) south-southeast of the south tip of Pinero Island and 2.4 kilometres (1.3 nmi) off the northwest side of Pourquoi Pas Island, off the west coast of Graham Land.^[1] First surveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), it was named by them after the dwarf, Daniel Quilp, a vicious, ill-tempered character in The Old Curiosity Shop, by Charles Dickens.

See also[]

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

References[]

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

Coordinates: 67°37′S 67°47′W / 67.617°S 67.783°W / -67.617; -67.783

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