Name details

Sinker Rock

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111198

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 N point of Goudier Island, Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, Palmer Archipelago, was surveyed by FIDS in 1944 and so named because a sinker was laid near the rock for a boat mooring (BA chart 3213, 6.x.1950; APC, 1955, p.19; BA chart 3213, 12.viii.1960); recharted by an RN Hyrographic Survey Unit from John Biscoe in 1951.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 49' 28.0" S
-64.82444°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
63° 29' 39.0" W
-63.49417°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
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:
21-Nov-1949

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