Emm rock
| Emm rock | ||
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| Waters | Potter Cove | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 16 ′ S , 58 ° 41 ′ W | |
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| Highest elevation | 30 m | |
The Emm Rock is a 30 m high cliff rock in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises 800 m off the south coast of King George Island on the east side of the entrance to Potter Cove .
The rock was probably already known to the first sealers in the South Shetland Islands. Participants in the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910) led by polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot and scientists from the British Discovery Investigations in 1935 carried out mappings. The latter named it after the letter M , which the rock is reminiscent of in its shape.
Web links
- Emm rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Emm Rock on geographic.org (English)