Honores Rock

Honores Rock is a rock lying 1 kilometre (0.5 nmi) southwest of Ferrer Point in Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name derives from the forms "Islote Honores" and "Islote Cocinero Honores" given by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1947) after the cook of the expedition ship Iquique.[1]

Honores Rock
Honores Rock is located in Antarctica
Honores Rock
Honores Rock
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°30′S 59°43′W
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

References
  1. "Honores Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-06-24.

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