Vidal Rock

62°30′S 59°43′W / 62.500°S 59.717°W / -62.500; -59.717AdministrationAdministered under the Antarctic Treaty SystemDemographicsPopulationUninhabited

Vidal Rock or Vidal Islote, is a rock 1.5 kilometres (0.8 nmi) west of Ferrer Point in southern Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. It was named by the first Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1947) for mariner Osvaldo Vidal, in charge of echo sounding on the frigate Iquique.[1]

References

  1. ^ Alberts, Fred G., ed. (1995). Geographic Names of the Antarctic. National Science Foundation. p. 784.

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