Barracouta Rock
Jordan Cove is a small cove which is the principal indentation in the south side of Bird Island, off the west end of South Georgia, near Antarctica. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period of 1951–57.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stejneger Peak and Molly Hill.
Stejneger Peak
Peak
Stejneger Peak is a conspicuous rocky peak, 190 m, at the head of Evermann Cove on Bird Island, South Georgia. Surveyed by the South Georgia Biological Expedition, 1958–59.
Molly Hill
Peak
Molly Hill is a hill between Evermann Cove and Johnson Cove on western Bird Island, South Georgia, an island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. The name derives from the black-browed albatross or "mollymawk" which breeds on the hill in large numbers.
Hornaday Rock
Hornaday Rock is a rock lying in Bird Sound, 0.6 nautical miles west-southwest of Cape Alexandra at the west end of South Georgia. The feature appears on charts dating back to the 1930s.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cordall Stacks and Pio Point.
Cordall Stacks
Locality
The Cordall Stacks are two conspicuous rock stacks, the eastern one joined to Bird Island, South Georgia, by a low isthmus, lying on the northwest side of the island 0.3 nautical miles northwest of Jordan Cove.
Pio Point
Locality
Pio Point is a point forming the north side of the entrance to Johnson Cove at the west end of Bird Island, South Georgia. Roughly charted by DI personnel on the Discovery in the period 1926-30 and surveyed by HMS Owen in 1960–61.
Begg Point
Locality
Undine Harbour is a small bay at the head of the embayment between Cape Paryadin and Cape Chaplin on the south coast of South Georgia. Begg Point is situated 6 km southeast of Barracouta Rock.
Barracouta Rock
- Type: Rock
- Description: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands submerged rock
- Categories: submerged rock and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.0204° or 54° 1′ 13″ southLongitude
-38.0504° or 38° 3′ 1″ westOpen location code
39Q3XWHX+RROpenStreetMap ID
way 553763733OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rockGeoNames ID
10787432Wikidata ID
Q4863190
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Barracouta Rock” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “巴拉庫塔岩”
- German: “Barracouta Rock”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Barracouta Rock”
- Spanish: “Roca Barracouta”
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