Limit Rock

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

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

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Place ID: 8454
Name ID: 109834

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

awash E of North Foreland, King George Island, was charted by DI in 1937 and named Limit Islet (Hill, 1937) or Limit Rock (Hill and others, chart, 1937b; BA, 1942, p.40; APC, 1955, p.13; DOS 610 sheet W 62 56, 1968), because it marks the E limit of foul ground in the immediate area. Roca Límite (Argentina. MM chart 104, 1949; Pierrou, 1970, p.484; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.185). Skala Limit (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.175).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
61° 53' 54.3" S
-61.89842°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
57° 37' 43.3" W
-57.62869°
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:
8-Sep-1953

Related information

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