Hole rock
| Hole rock | ||
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 61 ° 53 ′ S , 57 ° 41 ′ W | |
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The Hole Rock (from English hole , hole, cave, opening ' ) is a cliff rock in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is the largest of those rocks north of the North Foreland , the northeastern cape of King George Island .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations mapped it and named it in 1937. It is named after a cave that runs through the rock completely.
Web links
- Hole rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hole Rock on geographic.org