Location Antarctica Length 0.17 km (0.106 mi) Highest elevation 16 m (52 ft) Elevation 16 m | Archipelago South Shetland Islands Width 0.15 km (0.093 mi) Population 0 Island group South Shetland Islands | |
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Cutler Stack is a sea stack extending 170 by 150 m (186 by 164 yd) and rising to 16 m (52 ft), lying off Nedelya Point in the south of Barclay Bay, western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
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Map of Cutler Stack, Antarctica
The feature is named after Captain Benjamin Cutler, part owner of the American brig Frederick that visited the area in 1820-21, and Master of the sealing schooner Free Gift that visited the area in 1821-22; his name was found carved on a piece of whale vertebra excavated from a stone hut on Byers Peninsula by a FIDS survey party in 1957-58.
Location
The stack is located at 62°36′44.5″S 60°58′51.5″W which is 300 m (328 yd) north-northwest of Nedelya Point, 2.8 km (1.7 mi) east-northeast of Lair Point and 4.72 km (2.93 mi) southwest of Rowe Point (British mapping in 1968, detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2009).