Morris rock
| Morris rock | ||
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| Waters | English Strait , Southern Ocean | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 22 ′ S , 59 ° 48 ′ W | |
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The Morris rock is a rock island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In the group of the Aitcho Islands it is 3 km west of Fort William .
In 1935, participants in the British Discovery Investigations named Cape Morris to the western edge of Robert Island , now known as Fort William . For reasons of continuity, the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee transferred this designation to the island described here in 1961. It is named after Alfred Morris (1890 - unknown), draftsman in the hydrographic office of the British Admiralty .
Web links
- Morris rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Morris Rock on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1065 (English).