Castle Rock (Snow Island)
| Castle Rock | ||
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| Waters | Boyd Strait | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 47 ′ S , 61 ° 35 ′ W | |
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| Highest elevation | 175 m | |
The Castle Rock (from English castle , castle, castle, fortress' ) is a striking and 175 m high cliff rock in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In Boyd Strait, it rises 3 km off the west coast of Snow Island from the sea.
The descriptive naming of the rock has been established around 1822.
Web links
- Castle Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Castle Rock on geographic.org (English)