Feature Name (see definition): Napier Rock

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 10496

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 62° 10' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 058° 26' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.1666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -58.4333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1960

Description (see definition): Rock lying 1.75 mi ESE of Point Thomas in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE) under Charcot, 1908-10. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Ronald G. Napier (1925-1956) of Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), general assistant and handyman at the Signy Island station in 1955, and then leader at Admiralty Bay until he was drowned on March 24, 1956.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data