Name details

Hart Rock

Hart Rock (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Hart Rock  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109218

Feature type: Rock

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

rising 9m above sea level NNE of Cape Dundas, Laurie Island, may have been sighted by Weddell in 1822-24; charted by FAE, 1837-40, in 1838; recharted by DI in 1933 and named after Dr Thomas John Hart (1907-70), British zoologist; member of DI scientific staff at the "Marine Station", Grytviken, South Georgia, 1930-31; in Discovery II, 1929-31, 1933-35, 1937-39, and William Scoresby, 1936-37 (BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.11). Roca Hart (Argentina. MM, 1945, p.278; Pierrou, 1970, p.418).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 40' 00.0" S
-60.66667°
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Longitude:
44° 22' 00.0" W
-44.36667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
8-Sep-1953

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