Caraquet Rock

Location of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Caraquet Rock ( 62°7′S59°2′W / 62.117°S 59.033°W / -62.117; -59.033 ) is a rock lying nearly 4 nautical miles (7 km) west-southwest of Bell Point, off the west part of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for the sealing vessel Caraquet (Captain J. Usher) from Liverpool, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1821–22. ^[1]

References

1. "Caraquet Rock". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2011-10-26.

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Caraquet Rock". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.