Coffin Rock
Coffin Rock is an islet in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Visokoi Island and Mount Hodson.
Visokoi Island
Island
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Visokoi Island is an uninhabited volcanic island and one the three Traversay Islands that constitute a subgroup of the South Sandwich Islands, in the Southern Ocean. Visokoi Island is situated 2½ km south of Coffin Rock.
Mount Hodson
Volcano
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Mount Hodson is an ice-covered stratovolcano and the highest point on Visokoi Island, South Sandwich Islands. It might have erupted in 1830 and 1930, and the summit usually steams. Mount Hodson is situated 2½ km southwest of Coffin Rock.
Shamrock Hill
Volcano
Visokoi Island is an uninhabited volcanic island and one the three Traversay Islands that constitute a subgroup of the South Sandwich Islands, in the Southern Ocean.
Coffin 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
-56.68537° or 56° 41′ 7″ southLongitude
-27.18201° or 27° 10′ 55″ westOpen location code
39MJ8R79+V5OpenStreetMap ID
way 1323000097OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Coffin Rock” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Coffin Rock (bato sa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)”
- Cebuano: “Coffin Rock”
- German: “Coffin Rock”
- Spanish: “Roca Ataud”
- Spanish: “Roca Ataúd”
- Swedish: “Coffin Rock”
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