Islands
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands

Twitcher Rock

Thule Island, also called Morrell Island, is one of the southernmost of the South Sandwich Islands, part of the grouping known as . It is named, on account of its remote location, after the mythical land of Thule, said by ancient geographers to lie at the extreme end of the Earth.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Corbeta Uruguay base.

Locality
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was an Argentine military outpost established in November 1976 on , , in the South Sandwich Islands. It was vacated and mostly demolished in 1982 following Britain's victory against Argentina in the Falklands War.

Twitcher Rock

Latitude
-59.45629° or 59° 27′ 23″ south
Longitude
-27.2837° or 27° 17′ 1″ west
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
39GJGPV8+FG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1259586684
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
3426244
Wiki­data ID
Q7858609
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Twitcher Rock” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Twitcher Rock”
  • Chinese: “特維徹岩”
  • German: “Twitcher Rock”
  • Italian: “Twitcher Rock”
  • Japanese: “トウィッチャー岩”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Twitcher Rock”
  • Spanish: “Roca Twitcher”
  • Swedish: “Twitcher Rock”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Southernmost point of South America and Thule Island.

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