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The Ibar Rocks are two rocks located east of Bonert Rock and southeast of Canto Point, Greenwich Island, in the
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands
Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Islands of the South Shetland Islands
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South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands, Antarctic islands located in the Drake Passage with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the n ...
. The names "Islote Ibar" and "Islote Teniente Ibar" appearing on Chilean hydrographic charts in the 1950s refer to the larger and western rock. The recommended name "Ibar Rocks" includes a submerged outlier to the northeast of the larger rock. Teniente (lieutenant) Mario Ibar P. signed the official act of inauguration of the Chile
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an Captain Arturo Prat Base on Greenwich Island in 1947.
See also
* Composite Antarctic Gazetteer * List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S *SCAR
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* Territorial claims in Antarctica
Maps
* L.L. IvanovAntarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands
Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
References
External links
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Islands of the South Shetland Islands
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