Nigg Rock
Nigg Rock is an insular rock, 165 m high, lying 0.5 nautical miles northwest of Route Point, the northwest tip of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eillium Island and Susini, Mount.
Eillium Island
Islet
Eillium Island is a small island 2.2 km north-west of Rumbo Punta, the north-west tip of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. It was first seen and roughly charted by Captain George Powell and Captain Nathaniel Palmer during their joint cruise in 1821.
Susini, Mount
Peak
Mount Susini is a mountain rising to 370 m at the northwest end of Mackenzie Peninsula, Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Named "Monte Susini" by an Argentine Antarctic Expedition, 1957.
Nigg Rock
- Type: Island
- Description: insular rock in the South Orkney Islands
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Nigg Rock” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Nigg Rock”
- Chinese: “尼格岩”
- Dutch: “Nigg Rock”
- German: “Nigg Rock”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nigg Rock”
- Spanish: “Nigg, islote”
- Swedish: “Nigg Rock”
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Highlights include Primero de Mayo, paso and Route Point.
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