Buzfuz Rock

Buzfuz Rock (65°28′S 65°53′W) is a rock 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) west of Snubbin Island in the Pitt Islands, northern Biscoe Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 after Sergeant Buzfuz, a character in Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers.[1]

References
  1. "Buzfuz Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-10-11.

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