Kelly Rock
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| location | Heard ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 6 ′ S , 73 ° 43 ′ E | |
The Kelly skirt is a prominent rock on the island Heard in the southern Indian Ocean . It rises above Try Pot Beach .
Named after the rock is Bernard Kelly, one of the survivors of near the Elephant Spit decline on October 17, 1880 whaling ship Trinity , who shortly afterwards in search of food along with the ship's carpenter George Watson of hypothermia as a result of a storm on the Stephenson Glacier died and is buried in a shared grave with Watson on Skua Beach .
Web links
- Kelly rock in the directory of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)