Pollux Rock
Pollux Rock is the southern of a pair of large off-lying rocks south of Vindication Island, South Sandwich Islands. This rock, with its neighbour Castor Rock, was named "Castor and Pollux" during the survey of these islands from RRS Discovery II in 1930.Places of Interest
Highlights include Castor Rock and Vindication Island.
Vindication Island
Island
Photo: NASA, Public domain.Quadrant Peak
Peak
Quadrant Peak is a peak forming the summit of Vindication Island, South Sandwich Islands.
Pollux Rock
- Islet
- Description: rock formation in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, United Kingdom
- Categories
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-57.12902° or 57° 7′ 45″ south
Longitude
-26.81179° or 26° 48′ 42″ west
Open location code
39JMV5CQ+97
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Pollux Rock” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pollux Rock”
- Chinese: “波勒克斯岩”
- German: “Pollux Rock”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pollux Rock”
- Spanish: “Roca Polux”
- Spanish: “Roca Pólux”
- Swedish: “Pollux Rock”
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