Nancy Rock

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Nancy Rock ( 62°13′01″S59°06′04″W / 62.21692°S 59.10119°W / -62.21692; -59.10119 ) is a rock lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Flat Top Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1961 after the American sealing vessel Nancy (Captain Benjamin Upton) from Salem, MA, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820–22.

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