Church Rock (Heard)

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Church Rock
Map of Heard Island (right) with Corinthian Bay, where Church Rock is located
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 Coordinates: 53 ° 2 ′  S , 73 ° 26 ′  E
Church Rock (Heard) (Indian Ocean)
Church Rock (Heard)
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.

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