Upton Rock

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Location of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. King-George-Island-location-map.png
Location of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Upton Rock ( 62°11′43″S59°07′23″W / 62.19522°S 59.12308°W / -62.19522; -59.12308 ) is a rock lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest 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 for Benjamin Upton, Master of the American sealing vessel Nancy from Salem, MA, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1821–22.

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