Rescue Rock
| Rescue Rock | ||
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Archipelago | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 0 ′ S , 37 ° 13 ′ W | |
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The Rescue Rock (from English rescue , rescue, liberation ' ) is a cliff rock washed over by the sea off the north coast of South Georgia . It is 1 km northeast of Skua Island in front of the entrance to the Bay of Isles .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations mapped it between 1929 and 1930. It is named after the fact that the crew of the whaling ship Southern Shore sighted a flag hoisted on Skua Island when passing this rock in December 1929, which led to the rescue of the scientists stranded in Camp Bay .
Web links
- Rescue Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rescue Rock on geographic.org (English)