High Rock (South Georgia)
| High rock | ||
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Archipelago | Welcome Islands ( South Georgia ) | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 58 ′ S , 37 ° 29 ′ W | |
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| Highest elevation | 30 m | |
The High Rock (translated from English High Rock ) is a 30 m high cliff rock off the north coast of South Georgia . It rises 7 km west-northwest of Cape Buller at the northern end of the Welcome Islands from the South Atlantic .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations discovered it in the course of surveying work between 1926 and 1930 and named it descriptively.
Web links
- High Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- High Rock on geographic.org (English)