Grinder rock
| Grinder rock | ||
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| height | 130 m | |
| location | Intercurrence Island , Palmer Archipelago , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 57 '58 " S , 61 ° 25' 32" W | |
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The Grinder Rock (English for molar rock ) is a 130 m high rock ledge on Intercurrence Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises as the southernmost of a group of rocks at the southeast end of the island.
It is recorded for the first time on Argentinean and Chilean maps from 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee gave it its descriptive name in 1960.
Web links
- Grinder rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Grinder Rock on geographic.org (English)