Church Rock (Heard)
Church Rock | ||
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Map of Heard Island (right) with Corinthian Bay, where Church Rock is located | ||
Waters | Corinthian Bay , Indian Ocean | |
Archipelago | Heard and McDonald Islands | |
Geographical location | 53 ° 2 ′ S , 73 ° 26 ′ E | |
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Highest elevation | 16 m | |
Residents | uninhabited |
The Church Rock is a 16 m high, tower-like Rifffelsen in the southern Indian Ocean . It is located at the head of Corinthian Bay across from the mouth of Baudissin Glacier in the north of Heard Island .
The namesake of the rock is probably Captain Church of the schooner Mechanic , an escort boat of the sealer Corinthian under Captain Erasmus Darwin Rodgers (1817-1906), who had called the island of Heard in March 1855.
Web links
- Church Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Church Rock on geographic.org (English)