Name details

Pinnacle Rock

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110634

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

off-shore stack rising c. 120m above sea level E of Point Wild (q.v.), was seen and described by BITAE in 1916 from the expedition's refuge at the point (Shackleton, 1919, p.150); later named Pinnacle Island (BA chart 3175, 3.vi.1927). Pinnacle Rock (BA chart 3175, 1.iii.1940; APC, 1955, p.17; DOS 610 sheet W 61 54 (Ext.), 1-GSGS 1972). IÎle Pinnacle (France. SHM chart 1148, 1947). Roca Pinnacle (Chile. DNH chart L, 1951; IHA, 1974, p.227). Roca Pináculo (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.195). Roca de la Aguja [=needle rock] (Argentina. MM chart 125, 1957; Pierrou, 1970, p.152). Skala Pinnakl (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Rocas de la Aguja (Argentina MM chart 110, 1963). The rock was surveyed by JSEEI in December 1970. Roca Pinacle [sic], as rejected form (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.227).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
61° 06' 16.2" S
-61.10450°
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Longitude:
54° 46' 35.6" W
-54.77656°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
8-Sep-1953

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