Pinnacle Rock
| Pinnacle Rock | ||
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 61 ° 6 ′ S , 54 ° 47 ′ W | |
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The Pinnacle Rock (from English pinnacle , summit, tip, pinnacle ' ) is a 120 m high pillar of surf off the north coast of Elephant Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 3.5 km east of Point Wild .
The descriptive name probably goes back to participants in the endurance expedition (1914-1917) of the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton , who had saved themselves after the loss of the expedition ship Endurance and long ice drift in dinghies to Elephant Island.
Web links
- Pinnacle Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pinnacle Rock on geographic.org (English)