Picco Italica
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 19 ′ 49 ″ S , 165 ° 17 ′ 13 ″ E | |
| Waters 1 | Wood Bay ( Ross Sea ) | |
The Picco Italica is a submarine volcanic rock 5.7 m below sea level off the Borchgrevink coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located about 3.3 km east of Edmonson Point in Wood Bay
Italian scientists named it in 2002 after the RV Italica , which ran into these rocks during hydrographic surveying work in 1996 .
Web links
- Italica, Picco in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)