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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Stump Rock (GBR) 62° 05' 50.3" S 58° 09' 38.7" W Rock
Name ID: 111445 Place ID: 14168

off W shore of King George Bay, King George Island, was charted by DI in 1937 and named descriptively (Hill and others, chart, 1937a; BA chart 3205, 2.ix.1938; APC, 1955, p.20; BA chart 1774, 14.ix.1962). Roca Stump (Argentina. MM chart 104, 1949; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.269). Roca Stum [sic] (Pierrou, 1970, p.674).

Stump Rock (USA) 62° 05' 00.0" S 58° 08' 00.0" W Rock
Name ID: 132288 Place ID: 14168

Rock lying close offshore in the W portion of King George Bay, 0.5 mi NW of Martello Tower, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted and named during 1937 by DI personnel on the Discovery II.

Stump, roca (ARG) 62° 06' 00.0" S 58° 10' 00.0" W Rock
Name ID: 102245 Place ID: 14168

Stump, Roca (CHL) 62° 05' 00.0" S 58° 06' 00.0" W Rock
Name ID: 106322 Place ID: 14168

Fue denominado por la Discovery en el año 1937. Situado a unas 3 millas al NNW del cabo Anca de León y próxima a la costa W de bahía Rey Jorge de la isla Rey Jorge, de las islas Shetland del Sur.

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