Pipkin Rock

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Pipkin Rock
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Pipkin Rock
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 68°5′S68°50′W / 68.083°S 68.833°W / -68.083; -68.833 Coordinates: 68°5′S68°50′W / 68.083°S 68.833°W / -68.083; -68.833
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Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Pipkin Rock is a small ice-free island, lying northeast of Dismal Island in the Faure Islands, Marguerite Bay. The Faure Islands were discovered and first charted in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot. The group was surveyed in 1949 by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and so named from the insignificant size of the feature.

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