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Feature Name (see definition): Sven Rock Feature Class (see definition): Island Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 14881 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.7333333 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -60.1833333 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1960 Description (see definition): Rock lying S of Oluf Rocks in Gilbert Strait, in the Palmer Archipelago. Photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) in 1955-57 and mapped from these photos by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 after the Danish freighter Oluf Sven (Captain J.C. Ryge) which transported the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) to Deception Island in 1955 and 1956, and was used during the two summers as a mobile base for operations by ground survey parties. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data
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