Name details

Watson Rock

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 138308

Feature type: Rock

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer.

Narrative

A prominent rock located at the northern end of Fairchild Beach, eastern Heard Island.

Named For

George Watson was one of the survivors of the shipwreck of the whaling bark Trinity which ran aground at Heard Island near Elephant Spit on 17 October 1880. A party, including Watson and sailor Bernard Kelly, set out for Skua Beach in search of sustenance. However, both men died from exposure during a storm at Stephenson Glacier, and were buried in a single grave on Skua Beach.

Location

Latitude:
53° 03' 09.6" S
-53.05267°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
73° 39' 03.9" E
73.65107°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
GeoEye 1
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id 6Feb2014 Central not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:50,000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
14-Aug-2018

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