Il Faraglione (Antarctica)
| Il Faraglione | ||
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| Waters | Terra Nova Bay ( Ross Sea ) | |
| Geographical location | 74 ° 43 ′ S , 164 ° 7 ′ E | |
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| Highest elevation | 8 m | |
Il Faraglione ( Italian for the stack is) an 8 m high clip rocks from granite before Scott coast of the east Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located 2.7 km east of Enigma Lake in Terra Nova Bay . 50 m separate it from the mainland.
The Italian geoscientist Carlo Baroni from the University of Pisa discovered it in 1987. Italian scientists named it in 1997 after a rock of the same name south of the island of Capri in the Gulf of Naples .
Web links
- Faraglione, Il in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)