High Rock
High Rock is a 30 m high cliff rock off the north coast of South Georgia. It rises 7 km west-northwest of Cape Buller at the northern end of the Welcome Islands from the South Atlantic.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sky Rock.
Sky Rock
Islet
Sky Rock is a small rock, 3 m high, marking the southern extent of the Welcome Islands off the north coast of South Georgia. Charted and named by DI personnel in 1930.
High Rock
- Type: Islet
- Description: rock formation in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, United Kingdom
- Categories: rock formation, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-53.96443° or 53° 57′ 52″ southLongitude
-37.48999° or 37° 29′ 24″ westOpen location code
39R42GP6+62OpenStreetMap ID
way 1264703386OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“High Rock” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “High Rock (bato sa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)”
- Cebuano: “High Rock”
- German: “High Rock (Südgeorgien)”
- German: “High Rock”
- Spanish: “Roca Alta”
- Swedish: “High Rock”
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