Name details

Ring Rock

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 130788

Feature type: Rock (2b)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Rock lying 2 mi SE of Nost Island at the head of Holme Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Ringoya (ring island). First visited in 1956 by an ANARE sledging party; they found that the term "rock" better describes this feature.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 39' 00.0" S
-67.65000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
62° 43' 00.0" E
62.71667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1998
Catalogue id
3423B3
Caption
Ring Rock 2 miles SE Norst Island at the head of Holme Bay.
Photographer
Dixon, Grant

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:
1-Jan-1961

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