Pinnacle Rock
Pinnacle Rock, sometimes named Roca de la Aguja or Pinnacle Island, is a rocky island, rising to 120 m above sea level, in the South Shetland Islands. It lies 2.5 miles to the east of Point Wild and close to the north coast of Elephant Island, which is partly connected to it by a reef.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cornet, The and The Stadium.
Cornet, The
Peak
The Cornet is a peak on the south side of Pardo Ridge between Muckle Bluff and The Stadium. Located on Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, it was named descriptively for its conical shape by the UK Joint Services Expedition, 1970-71.
The Stadium
Peak
The Stadium is a cirque with mountains on three sides but open on the east, located 1 mi north of Walker Point on Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. The Stadium is situated 4 km southeast of Pinnacle Rock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wild, Point.
Wild, Point
Locality
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Point Wild is a point 11 km west of Cape Valentine, 2 km east of Saddleback Point, and directly adjacent to the Furness Glacier on the north coast of Elephant Island. Wild, Point is situated 4½ km west of Pinnacle Rock.
Pinnacle Rock
- Type: Islet
- Description: Rock in the South Shetland Islands
- Categories: island, rock, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-61.09913° or 61° 5′ 57″ southLongitude
-54.77937° or 54° 46′ 46″ westElevation
120 metres (394 feet)Open location code
38C7W62C+87OpenStreetMap ID
way 720085682OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rockOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
6623315Wikidata ID
Q21471664
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Swedish—“Pinnacle Rock” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Pinnacle Rock”
- Cebuano: “Pinnacle Rock”
- Dutch: “Pinnacle Rock”
- French: “Pinnacle Rock”
- German: “Pinnacle Rock”
- Japanese: “ピナクル・ロック”
- Russian: “Skala Pinnakl”
- Spanish: “Aguja, roca de la”
- Spanish: “Pinnacle, Roca”
- Spanish: “Roca de la Aguja”
- Swedish: “Pinnacle Rock, Antarktis”
- Swedish: “Pinnacle Rock”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pinnacle Rock”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.