Martello Tower (King George Island)
| Martello Tower | ||
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| height | 10 m | |
| location | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 11 ′ 10 ″ S , 58 ° 15 ′ 57 ″ W | |
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The Martello Tower is a 10 m high rock formation on King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . The rock rises 3 km north-northwest of Lions Rump on the shores of King George Bay .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations mapped it in 1937 and named it descriptively after the Martello Tower , a special form of fortifications built during the Napoleonic Wars .
Web links
- Martello Tower in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Martello Tower on geographic.org (English)