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Drum Rock () is an insular rock in the
Argentine Islands The Argentine Islands are a group of islands in the Wilhelm Archipelago of Antarctica, situated southwest of Petermann Island, and northwest of Cape Tuxen on Kyiv Peninsula in Graham Land. They were discovered by the French Antarctic Exped ...
,
Graham Coast Graham Coast is the portion of the west coast of Graham Land in Antarctic Peninsula The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martin in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palm ...
, rising above sea level on the eastern edge of the
Forge Islands The Forge Islands () are a group of small islands lying northeast of The Barchans and northwest of Grotto Island, in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. They were charted and named the "Horseshoe Islands" by the British Graham Land Ex ...
, between Smooth Island and Grotto Island. The name is descriptive of the shape of the rock and became established through local usage at the
British Antarctic Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of list of global issues, global issues, and to provide an active prese ...
Faraday Station during the 1980s.


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Rock formations of Graham Land Graham Coast {{GrahamCoast-geo-stub