Expedition rock
| Expedition rock | ||
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| Waters | Jessie Bay ( Laurie Island ) | |
| Archipelago | South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 42 ′ S , 44 ° 44 ′ W | |
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The expedition rock ( English for Expedition Rock is) an over washed up from the sea Rifffelsen off the north coast of Laurie Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is located 2.5 km east-northeast of Cape Robertson in the entrance to Jessie Bay .
The Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sørlle (1884-1933) mapped it between 1912 and 1915 and named it as Aagot Grunning (Norwegian for Agatha Shoal ). Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations re-mapped it in 1933 and gave it its current name.
Web links
- Expedition Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Expedition Rock on geographic.org (English)