Low rock
| Low rock | ||
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 17 ′ S , 58 ° 38 ′ W | |
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The Low Rock is, as its name suggests, a low marine rock in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 1.5 km southwest of Stranger Point , the southern extension of King George Island .
The Scottish geologist and explorer David Ferguson mapped a rock in the position of Low Rock when he was sailing aboard the whaler Hanka in these waters between 1913 and 1914. A more precise mapping in 1935 and 1937 and the descriptive naming were carried out by the British Discovery Investigations .
Web links
- Low rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Low Rock on geographic.org (English)