Guyer Rock
Guyer Rock is located in Antarctica
Guyer Rock
Guyer Rock
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates68°33′S 69°1′W / 68.550°S 69.017°W / -68.550; -69.017
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Guyer Rock is a low rock lying 30 kilometres (16 nmi) west of the Flyspot Rocks, Marguerite Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was named in 1986 by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Captain Simon T.G. Guyer, Royal Marines, Officer of the Watch at the time HMS Endurance grounded on the rock in the 1985–86 season.[1]

References

  1. "Guyer Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-05-14.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Guyer Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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