Pillar Rock
Pillar Rock is in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Pillar Rock is situated nearby to the locality Bird, as well as near Cordall Stacks.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gony Point and Roché Peak.
Gony Point
Peak
Gony Point is a high tussock-covered point 0.5 miles southwest of Cardno Point, on the southeast side of Bird Island, South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963.
Roché Peak
Peak
Roché Peak is a conspicuous peak rising to 365 metres, the highest feature on Bird Island, South Georgia. It stands 1.6 kilometres west of the east extremity of the island.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cordall Stacks and Pyramid 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. Cordall Stacks is situated 3 km west of Pillar Rock.
Pyramid Point
Locality
Elsehul is a bay along the north coast of South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Elsehul is approximately 0.5 miles wide, and is separated from nearby Undine Harbour by the narrow Survey Isthmus. Pyramid Point is situated 4½ km southeast of Pillar Rock.
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. Pio Point is situated 4½ km southwest of Pillar Rock.
Pillar Rock
- Type: Rock
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54° or 54° southLongitude
-38.01667° or 38° 1′ westOpen location code
39R32X2M+28GeoNames ID
10787687
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