Upton Rock

Upton Rock (62°12′S 59°8′W) is a rock lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Flat Top Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1961 for Benjamin Upton, Master of the American sealing vessel Nancy from Salem, MA, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1821-22.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Upton Rock" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).