Barracouta rock
| Barracouta rock | ||
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Archipelago | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 1 ′ S , 38 ° 3 ′ W | |
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The Barracouta Rock is a sea-washed reef rock off the western end of South Georgia . It is located 650 m south of the entrance to Jordan Cove on the coast of Bird Island .
The rock was first mapped in 1961 by the crew of HMS Owen . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1964 after one of the motorized dinghies of the HMS Owen used for land surveying , which in turn was named after the English name barracouta for the Snoek ( Thyrsites atun , also known as herring mackerel ).
Web links
- Barracouta rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Barracouta Rock on geographic.org (English)