New Rock (South Shetland Islands)
Appearance
Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 63°1′S 60°44′W / 63.017°S 60.733°W |
Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
Highest elevation | 105 m (344 ft) |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
New Rock is a rock, 105 m high, lying 1.4 kilometres (0.75 nmi) off the southwest coast of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name of the rock derives from its relatively recent charting in about 1929.
References
[edit]This article incorporates public domain material from "New Rock (South Shetland Islands)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.