Freezland Rock

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Freezland Rock
NASA Terra ASTER image of Bristol Island, with Freezland Rock in the far west
NASA Terra ASTER image of Bristol Island, with Freezland Rock in the far west
Waters Scotia Lake
Archipelago South Sandwich Islands
Geographical location 59 ° 1 '43 "  S , 26 ° 43' 33"  W Coordinates: 59 ° 1 '43 "  S , 26 ° 43' 33"  W
Freezland Rock (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)
Freezland Rock
length 640 m
width 630 m
surface 32 ha
Highest elevation 305  m
Residents uninhabited

Freezland Rock is a prominent, pointed and 305  m high cliff rock in the archipelago of the South Sandwich Islands . It rises 5.6 km west of Bristol Island , 3.3 km west of Grindle Rock and 1.7 km west of Wilson Rock . The three named rocks lie in a line west of Bristol Island.

The British navigator James Cook named it Freezland Peak after Samuel Freezland, a sailor from his ship Resolution , who was the first to sight the South Sandwich Islands in 1775. Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations identified the rock in 1930 and modified the name.

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