High Rock is a 30 m high cliff rock off the north coast of South Georgia. It rises 7 km west-northwest of Cape Buller at the northern end of the Welcome Islands from the South Atlantic.
High Rock | |
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Highest point | |
Coordinates | 53°57′43″S 37°29′20″W / 53.96194°S 37.48889°W[1] |
Geography | |
Country | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
Region | South Georgia |
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations discovered it in the course of surveying work between 1926 and 1930 and named it descriptively.
References
edit- ^ "High Rock". Retrieved 20 November 2020.
This article incorporates public domain material from "High Rock (South Georgia)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.