Sunken Rock
Sunken Rock is a sunken rock lying 0.2 nautical miles north-northeast of Morgan Island, close off the north side of Heard Island. It was surveyed and named by the ANARE in 1948.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Morgan Island and Black Rock.
Morgan Island
Island
Morgan Island is a small island while also being the largest feature in a group of islands located 1 nautical mile east of Cape Bidlingmaier, off the north side of Heard Island in the Indian Ocean.
Black Rock
Islet
Black Rock is a small, dark rock lying immediately northwest of Morgan Island and 0.2 nautical miles north of Heard Island. The feature appears to be roughly shown on an 1860 sketch map prepared by Captain H.C.
Gilchrist Beach
Beach
Gilchrist Beach is a rocky beach, 1 nautical mile long, lying west of Compton Glacier on the north side of Heard Island. At its eastern edge, Gilchrist Beach communicates with the sandy Fairchild Beach. Gilchrist Beach is situated 3½ km southeast of Sunken Rock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cape Bidlingmaier and Saddle Point.
Cape Bidlingmaier
Locality
Cape Bidlingmaier is a rocky cape at the east side of the entrance to Mechanics Bay, on the north side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. The feature appears to have been known to American sealers as Morgan's Point, as shown by Captain H.C.
Saddle Point
Locality
Saddle Point is a rocky point separating Corinthian Bay and Mechanics Bay on the north coast of Heard Island in the Antarctic. The terminus of Challenger Glacier is located at the eastern side of Corinthian Bay, close west to Saddle Point. Saddle Point is situated 4½ km west of Sunken Rock.
Sunken Rock
- Type: Rock
- Description: sunken rock off Heard Island in the Antarctic
- Categories: rock formation and landform
- Location: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sunken Rock” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sunken Rock (bato)”
- Cebuano: “Sunken Rock”
- Chinese: “桑肯岩”
- German: “Sunken Rock”
- Swedish: “Sunken Rock (klippa)”
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