Splinter Crag
Splinter Crag is a wedge-shaped mass of rock, truncated by sheer cliffs on the north and west and falling more gradually to the south, forming the north peak of Vindication Island, South Sandwich Islands.Places of Interest
Highlights include Vindication Island and Saw Rock.
Vindication Island
Island
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Vindication Island is a small uninhabited island of the Candlemas Islands in the South Sandwich Islands. It is one of about a dozen islands that make up the South Sandwich island arc, a chain of volcanoes in the Southern Ocean that was discovered in 1775 by James Cook. Vindication Island is situated 4 km south of Splinter Crag.
Saw Rock
Islet
Saw Rock is a rock, 25 m high, lying 0.4 nautical miles north of Crosscut Point, the north extremity of Vindication Island, in the South Sandwich Islands. Saw Rock is situated 2½ km southwest of Splinter Crag.
Cook Rock
Islet
Cook Rock is an arched rock, 45 metres high, lying close east of Trousers Rock and 0.3 nautical miles northeast of Vindication Island in the South Sandwich Islands. Cook Rock is situated 3 km south of Splinter Crag.
Splinter Crag
- Type: Cliff
- Description: cliff in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“Splinter Crag” goes by many names.
- German: “Splinter Crag”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Splinter Crag”
- Spanish: “Acantilado Astilla”
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Highlights include Leafvein Gulch and Trousers Rock.
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