Low Rock

Low Rock is a low rock surrounded by foul ground, lying 2 kilometres (1 nmi) southwest of Stranger Point, the southern extremity of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. An unnamed rock in essentially this position appears on a chart by David Ferguson, a Scottish geologist aboard the whaler Hanka, in these waters in 1913–14. Low Rock was more accurately charted by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II in 1935 and 1937.[1]

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Location of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands
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Location of Low Rock
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Low Rock (Antarctica)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°17′S 58°39′W
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

See also
  • List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

References
  1. "Low Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-07-04.

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