Elliott Rock
Elliott Rock is a rock lying in Stewart Strait, close west of Bird Island, off the west end of South Georgia. It was positioned by Discovery Investigations personnel under Lieutenant Commander J.M.| 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.
Gazella Peak
Peak
Gazella Peak is a peak rising over 120 metres between Roche Peak and the Cordall Stacks on the north side of Bird Island, South Georgia. It was charted by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963 after the species name of the Antarctic fur seal, which breeds in considerable numbers on Bird Island. Gazella Peak is situated 2½ km east of Elliott Rock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pio Point and Cordall Stacks.
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.
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.
Heron Passage
Locality
The Willis Islands are a small archipelago to the west of South Georgia Island in the South Georgia Islands. They are 2 miles west of Bird Island, separated by the Stewart Strait. Heron Passage is situated 6 km west of Elliott Rock.
Elliott Rock
- Type: Rock
- Categories: rock and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.00673° or 54° 0′ 24″ southLongitude
-38.08718° or 38° 5′ 14″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
39Q3XWV7+84OpenStreetMap ID
way 562703358OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rock
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Elliott Rock” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “埃利奧特岩”
- German: “Elliott Rock”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elliott Rock”
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