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Hibbert Rock

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Hibbert Rock (67°46′S 69°02′W / 67.767°S 69.033°W / -67.767; -69.033) is a drying rock[1] lying SE of League Rock located in the Quest Channel off the Southern tip of Adelaide Island. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for William Hibbert, ship's Engineer of the RRS John Biscoe (1956) from the late 1950s to 1960s, the ship which assisted the Royal Navy Hydrographic survey Unit in surveying the area between 1962 and 1963.

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Antarctic Place-names Committee

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  1. ^ A rock in the sea whose exposed surface at low tide is used as a marker for surveying or establishing legal boundaries. Also low-tide elevation.


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