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weeks+stack Latitude and Longitude:

62°13′38.1″S 59°2′44.5″W / 62.227250°S 59.045694°W / -62.227250; -59.045694
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Location of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Weeks Stack ( 62°13′38.1″S 59°2′44.5″W / 62.227250°S 59.045694°W / -62.227250; -59.045694) is a sea stack lying off the north tip of Nelson Island in the northern approach to Fildes Strait, in the South Shetland Islands. Situated 635 m north-northeast of Cariz (Agrelo) Point. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1961 for Captain Weeks, Master of the British sealing vessel Horatio from London, who visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820–21.

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weeks+stack Latitude and Longitude:

62°13′38.1″S 59°2′44.5″W / 62.227250°S 59.045694°W / -62.227250; -59.045694
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Location of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Weeks Stack ( 62°13′38.1″S 59°2′44.5″W / 62.227250°S 59.045694°W / -62.227250; -59.045694) is a sea stack lying off the north tip of Nelson Island in the northern approach to Fildes Strait, in the South Shetland Islands. Situated 635 m north-northeast of Cariz (Agrelo) Point. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1961 for Captain Weeks, Master of the British sealing vessel Horatio from London, who visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820–21.

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Weeks Stack". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.  Edit this at Wikidata



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