Alcorta Rocks
Ross Island is an island in Antarctica lying on the east side of McMurdo Sound and extending 43 nautical miles from Cape Bird in the north to Cape Armitage in the south, and a similar distance from Cape Royds in the west to Cape Crozier in the east.
Alcorta Rocks
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 100 metres
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-77.50569° or 77° 30′ 21″ south
Longitude
166.38777° or 166° 23′ 16″ east
Elevation
100 metres (328 feet)
Named after
Jesse J Alcorta
Open location code
2VJ8F9VQ+P4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Alcorta Rocks from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Alcorta Rocks” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Alcorta Rocks”
- Dutch: “Alcorta Rocks”
- German: “Alcorta Rocks”
- Low German: “Alcorta Rocks”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alcorta Rocks”
- Swedish: “Alcorta Rocks”
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