Sphinx Rock
Robertson Bay is a large, roughly triangular bay that indents the north coast of Victoria Land between Cape Barrow and Cape Adare. Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, who named it for Dr. John Robertson, surgeon on HMS Terror.Sphinx Rock
- Type: Rock
- Description: rock islet in Robertson Bay, Antarctica
- Categories: rock and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-71.45° or 71° 27′ southLongitude
169.5° or 169° 30′ eastElevation
50 metres (164 feet)Open location code
2VWFGGX2+X2OpenStreetMap ID
node 11686371310OpenStreetMap feature
natural=rock
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sphinx Rock” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sphinx Rock”
- German: “Sphinx Rock”
- Swedish: “Sphinx Rock, Östantarktis”
- Swedish: “Sphinx Rock”
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