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Low Rock

Coordinates: 62°16′43″S 58°38′20″W / 62.27864°S 58.63897°W / -62.27864; -58.63897
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Low Rock
Location of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands
Low Rock is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Low Rock
Low Rock
Location of Low Rock
Low Rock is located in Antarctica
Low Rock
Low Rock
Low Rock (Antarctica)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°16′43″S 58°38′20″W / 62.27864°S 58.63897°W / -62.27864; -58.63897
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Low Rock is a low rock surrounded by foul ground, lying 2 kilometres (1 nmi) southwest of Stranger Point, the southern extremity of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. An unnamed rock in essentially this position appears on a chart by David Ferguson, a Scottish geologist aboard the whaler Hanka, in these waters in 1913–14. Low Rock was more accurately charted by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II in 1935 and 1937.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ "Low Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-07-04.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Low Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.