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Guardian Rock

Coordinates: 67°33′S 67°16′W / 67.550°S 67.267°W / -67.550; -67.267
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Guardian Rock
Guardian Rock is located in Antarctica
Guardian Rock
Guardian Rock
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates67°33′S 67°16′W / 67.550°S 67.267°W / -67.550; -67.267
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Guardian Rock is a low ice-free rock lying in Bigourdan Fjord, 3 kilometres (1.5 nmi) north of Parvenu Point, Pourquoi Pas Island, close off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was first surveyed in 1948–49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, and so named by them because of the position of this rock which guards the northwest entrance to The Narrows.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ "Guardian Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-05-10.

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