Hard rock
| Hard rock | ||
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| Waters | Scotia Lake | |
| Archipelago | South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 40 ′ S , 44 ° 22 ′ W | |
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| Highest elevation | 9 m | |
The Hart Rock is a 9 m high cliff rock in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It rises from the sea 2.5 km northwest of Herdman Rocks and 5 km north-northeast of Cape Dundas from Laurie Island .
The first mapping goes back to the Third French Antarctic Expedition (1837-1840) under the direction of Jules Dumont d'Urville . Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations named him in 1933 after the British zoologist Thomas John Hart (1907-1970), who was a member of the scientific committee of this series of expeditions.
Web links
- Hard rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hart Rock on geographic.org (English)