Drury Rock
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| Waters | Indian Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Heard and McDonald Islands | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 56 ′ S , 73 ° 35 ′ E | |
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| Highest elevation | 37 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Drury rock is a 37 m high cliff in the archipelago Heard and McDonald Islands in the southern Indian Ocean . It rises 500 m south-southeast of Shag Island and 10 km north of Heard Island .
The rock appears incorrectly positioned for the first time on maps of the US seal catcher captain HC Chester from 1860, who was operating in the waters around the archipelago at that time. A more precise mapping was done in 1874 during the Challenger Expedition (1872–1876). It is named after Alan Campbell-Drury (* 1918), photographer with the Australian Antarctic Division .
Web links
- Drury rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Drury Rock on geographic.org (English)