Upton Rock

Upton Rock (-62.19522°N, -59.12308°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.