Hecate Rock
| Hecate Rock | ||
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| Waters | Bay of Isles | |
| Archipelago | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 2 ′ S , 37 ° 13 ′ W | |
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The Hecate Rock is a sea-washed cliff rock off the north coast of South Georgia . In front of the entrance to Beckmann Fjord in the Bay of Isles, it is at least 4.2 m below sea level .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1984 after the research vessel HMS Hecate , which had come very close to this rock during hydrographic surveys between January and February 1983 .
Web links
- Hecate rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hecate Rock on geographic.org (English)