Long Rock (South Shetland Islands)

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Long skirt
Map of the Byers Peninsula (Livingston Island) with Morton Strait and Long Rock
Map of the Byers Peninsula ( Livingston Island ) with Morton Strait and Long Rock
Waters Morton Strait
Archipelago South Shetland Islands
Geographical location 62 ° 42 ′  S , 61 ° 11 ′  W Coordinates: 62 ° 42 ′  S , 61 ° 11 ′  W
Long Rock (South Shetland Islands) (South Shetland Islands)
Long Rock (South Shetland Islands)
Highest elevation 13  m

The Long Rock (from English long , long, wide ' ) is a small, elongated rock island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located in Morton Strait , 3 km north of the eastern end of Snow Island .

The island got its descriptive name from participants in the Discovery Investigations , who mapped the nested passage between Snow Island and Livingston Island from 1930 to 1931.

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