Aldan Rock

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Aldan Rock
View from South Bay to Aldan Rock (center front)
View from South Bay to Aldan Rock (center front)
Waters South Bay
Archipelago South Shetland Islands
Geographical location 62 ° 39 ′  S , 60 ° 35 ′  W Coordinates: 62 ° 39 ′  S , 60 ° 35 ′  W
Aldan Rock (South Shetland Islands)
Aldan Rock
Highest elevation 15  m

The Aldan Rock is a triangular and up to 15  m high cliff rock in the South Bay of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is the largest of a group of rocks east of Hannah Point .

Aerial photographs were taken between 1956 and 1957 during the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition . The designation was made by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 2003. The further naming background has not been passed down.

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