Calf skirt
| Calf skirt | ||
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| height | 655 m | |
| location | Alexander I Island ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 31 '35 " S , 68 ° 38' 48" W | |
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The Calf Rock ( English for Kalbungsfelsen ) is a 500 m (according to British data 655 m ) high rock formation on the east coast of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . It rises 3 km northeast of Lamina Peak and just as far inland from George VI Sound .
The coast around the rock was first sighted and photographed by the American polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth during a flyover on November 23, 1935. These aerial photographs were used by the US cartographer WLG Joerg for a rough mapping. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out a survey in 1949 and named the formation after its position relative to the ridge of Lamina Peak, from which it is separated by a fault .
Web links
- Calf Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Calf Rock on geographic.org (English)