New Rock
New Rock is a rock, 105 m high, lying 1.4 kilometres off the southwest coast of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name of the rock derives from its relatively recent charting in about 1929.New Rock
- Type: Island
- Description: rocky islet of the South Shetland Islands
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-63.00803° or 63° 0′ 29″ south
Longitude
-60.73493° or 60° 44′ 6″ west
Elevation
105 metres (344 feet)
Open location code
378XX7R8+Q2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“New Rock” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “New Rock”
- Chinese: “新岩”
- Dutch: “New Rock”
- Esperanto: “Nova Roko”
- German: “New Rock”
- Spanish: “Nueva, Roca”
- Swedish: “New Rock”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Whaler’s Bay dormitory and Aguirre Cerda Research Station.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: ASPA-140C Caliente Hill and Deception.
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