New Rock (South Shetland Islands)

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New rock
Map of Deception Island with New Rock (bottom left)
Map of Deception Island with New Rock (bottom left)
Waters Bransfield Street
Archipelago South Shetland Islands
Geographical location 63 ° 0 ′  S , 60 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 63 ° 0 ′  S , 60 ° 44 ′  W
New Rock (South Shetland Islands) (South Shetland Islands)
New Rock (South Shetland Islands)
Highest elevation 105  m

The New Rock (meaning "new rock" translated from English) is a 105  m high cliff in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 1.2 km off the southwest coast of Deception Island .

Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations mapped it in 1935, naming it because of its recent first mapping by Norwegian whalers around 1929.

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