Castle Rock (Ross Island)
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| height | 413 m | |
| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ S , 166 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Castle Rock ( English for Burgfels ) is a rock that towers 7 km northeast of the southern tip of the Hut Point Peninsula in the southwest of the Antarctic Ross Island . With a height of 413 m , it is the highest point on this peninsula.
It was given its descriptive name by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott on the Discovery Expedition he led (1901–1904).
Web links
- Castle Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Castle Rock on geographic.org (English)