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Feature Name (see definition): Chance Rock Feature Class (see definition): Bar Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 2608 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 00' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 061° 13' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -61.2166667 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1960 Description (see definition): Isolated rock, which is awash, lying in the center of Gerlache Strait near its junction with Orleans Strait, in the Palmer Archipelago. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. So named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 because the rock is a danger to shipping. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Chance Rock in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Chance Rock information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Chance Rock should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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