Rocher du Séisme
| Rocher du Séisme | ||
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| height | 28 m | |
| location | Adélieland , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 40 ′ 22 ″ S , 140 ° 1 ′ 9 ″ O | |
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The Rocher du Séisme ( French for earthquake rock ) is a 28 m high rock ledge on the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . It rises on the Bon-Docteur-Nunatak .
French scientists named it in 1958 after an earthquake that stopped them here before they left.
Web links
- Séisme, Rocher du in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and French)