Sail Rock (Heard and McDonald Islands)

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Sail Rock
Map of the Heard Archipelago and McDonald Islands with Sail Rock north of Heard
Map of the Heard Archipelago and McDonald Islands with Sail Rock north of Heard
Waters Indian Ocean
Archipelago Heard and McDonald Islands
Geographical location 52 ° 54 ′  S , 73 ° 34 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 54 ′  S , 73 ° 34 ′  E
Sail Rock (Heard and McDonald Islands) (Indian Ocean)
Sail Rock (Heard and McDonald Islands)
Residents uninhabited

The Sail Rock (literally translated from English Sail Rock ) is a cliff in the archipelago Heard and McDonald Islands in the southern Indian Ocean . It rises 1.5 km northwest of Shag Island and 11 km north of Heard Island .

The rock appears incorrectly positioned for the first time on maps of the US sealer captain H. C. Chester from 1860, who was operating in the waters around the archipelago at the time. A more precise mapping was carried out in 1874 during the British Challenger Expedition (1872–1876).

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