Meldia Rock
Meldia Rock is the rock of diameter 220 m and split in east-west direction, lying off the northwest coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Folger Rock and Withem Island.
Folger Rock
Folger Rock is a rock lying 2.5 nautical miles north of Harmony Point, Nelson Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 for Tristan Folger, the Master of the American sealing vessel William and Nancy from Nantucket, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820–21, operating from nearby Harmony Cove. Folger Rock is situated 2 km west of Meldia Rock.Withem Island
Islet
Withem Island is an island lying off the northwest side of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands. It is situated 1.75 km north of Retamales Point and 1.73 km west-southwest of Kondor Island. Withem Island is situated 3½ km northeast of Meldia Rock.
Afala Island
Islet
Afala Island is the rocky island off the north coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 360 m in west-southwest to east-northeast direction and 310 m in south–north direction. Afala Island is situated 3½ km east of Meldia Rock.
Meldia Rock
- Type: Islet
- Description: Rock in Antarctica
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.25825° or 62° 15′ 30″ southLongitude
-59.18864° or 59° 11′ 19″ westOpen location code
3892PRR6+MGOpenStreetMap ID
way 223702169OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletWikidata ID
Q16951334
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Meldia Rock” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “梅爾迪亞岩”
- Czech: “Skála Meldia”
- French: “Rocher Meldia”
- German: “Meldia Rock”
- German: “Meldiafelsen”
- Spanish: “Roca Meldia”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Discoduratere Nunatak and Kondor Island.
Nearby Places
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