Bardell Rock

Bardell Rock (65°20′S 65°23′W / 65.333°S 65.383°W / -65.333; -65.383Coordinates: 65°20′S 65°23′W / 65.333°S 65.383°W / -65.333; -65.383) is a rock nearly 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Dickens Rocks in the Pitt Islands, northern Biscoe Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 after Mrs. Bardell, a character in Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Bardell Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-05-19.

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