Hazard Rock
small isolated rock on the east side of Butler Passage, northeast of Cape Renard, Graham Land, on the Antarctic Peninsula
Hazard Rock (64°59′S 63°44′W) is a small isolated rock, 1 metre (3 ft) high, lying on the east side of Butler Passage, 2.5 nautical miles (5 km) northeast of Cape Renard, off the west coast of Graham Land, on the Antarctic Peninsula. It was named by Lieutenant Commander F.W. Hunt, Royal Navy, following his survey in 1952. This feature is a hazard to navigation in the low visibility which is frequent in this vicinity.
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This article incorporates public domain material from "Hazard Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
“Hazard Rock” enters the record as small isolated rock on the east side of Butler Passage, northeast of Cape Renard, Graham Land, on the Antarctic Peninsula. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Hazard, Rock and small can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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