Sewing-Machine Needles
Sewing-Machine Needles, also known as Rocas Ministro Ezcurra is a group of three prominent rock needles, the highest 45 m above water, lying close southeast of Rancho Point, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.Photo: mike, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pond, Mount and Neptunes Window.
Pond, Mount
Peak
Mount Pond is a peak, 550 m in height, standing 2.8 km east-south-east of Pendulum Cove, on Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. Pond, Mount is situated 3½ km northwest of Sewing-Machine Needles.
Neptunes Window
Mountain saddle
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Neptune's Window is a narrow gap between two rock pillars, situated close east of Whalers Bay on the southeast side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Neptunes Window is situated 3½ km southwest of Sewing-Machine Needles.
Ronald Hill
Peak
Ronald Hill is a rocky, ice-free hill, 105 m in height, standing north of Kroner Lake on Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. Ronald Hill is situated 4 km west of Sewing-Machine Needles.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aguirre Cerda Research Station.
Aguirre Cerda Research Station
Locality
Photo: Jorval, Public domain.
President Pedro Aguirre Cerda Station was a Chilean Antarctic base, located at Pendulum Cove in Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands, inaugurated in 1955. Aguirre Cerda Research Station is situated 7 km northwest of Sewing-Machine Needles.
Sewing-Machine Needles
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 45 metres
- Description: Rock formations in Antarctica
- Categories: rock formation and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sewing-Machine Needles” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sewing-Machine Needles”
- German: “Sewing-Machine Needles”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sewing-Machine Needles”
- Portuguese: “Agulhas da Máquina de Costura”
- Spanish: “Mohai, Rocas”
- Swedish: “Sewing-Machine Needles”
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Highlights include Rancho Point and Benguela Gully.
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