Name details

Novel Rock

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110396

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

submerged rock S of Cone Island, off SW Adelaide Island, was roughly charted by AAE and called Roca Nueva [=new rock] (Argentina. MM chart 132, 1957); recharted by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit from John Biscoe in 1963 and named Novel Rock (BA, 1963, p.12; APC, 1964, p.4; BA chart 3577, 14.viii.1964). Nueva Rock (USBGN, 1965, p.102).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 44' 00.0" S
-67.73333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
69° 10' 00.0" W
-69.16667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
12-Feb-1964

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