Harris Rock
| Harris Rock | ||
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Archipelago | Joinville Islands ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 57 ′ S , 56 ° 22 ′ W | |
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The Harris Rock ( Spanish Roca Harris ) is a cliff rock in the Joinville Islands group off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is the largest and southernmost of the three rocks north of Montrol Rock and D'Urville Island in the Bransfield Strait .
Participants in an Argentine Antarctic expedition carried out from 1956 to 1957 named him after Santiago Harris († 1868), captain of the Argentine Navy . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated this designation into English in 1964.
Web links
- Harris rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Harris Rock on geographic.org