Moreno rock
| Moreno rock | ||
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| Waters | Gerlache Street | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 6 ′ S , 61 ° 17 ′ W | |
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| Highest elevation | 50 m | |
The Moreno Rock ( French Île Moreno ) is a 50 m high cliff rock off the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located in the Gerlache Strait south of Diamonen Island and 11 km west-southwest of Cape Sterneck .
Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery , leader of the Belgica expedition (1897–1899), named him after the Argentine naturalist and explorer Francisco Pascasio Moreno (1852–1919), director of the La Plata Museum . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated the name into English in 1952 in an adapted form.
Web links
- Moreno Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Moreno Rock on geographic.org (English)