Sewing-Machine Needles

This article is about the rock formation. For needles used in a sewing machine, see Sewing machine needle.

Sewing-Machine Needles

Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°58′11.8″S 60°29′39.1″W
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Administration
Antarctica
Demographics
Population	0

Sewing-Machine Needles (62°58′11.8″S 60°29′39.1″W) is a group of three prominent rock needles, the highest 45 m, lying close southeast of Rancho Point, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name Sewing-Machine Rock was given by whalers for what was originally a conspicuous natural arch. Needles is now considered the more suitable descriptive term; an earthquake tremor in 1924 caused the arch to collapse.

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

External links

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Sewing-Machine Needles". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.