Santa skirt
| Santa skirt | ||
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Archipelago | South Sandwich Islands | |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 5 ′ S , 26 ° 51 ′ W | |
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| Highest elevation | 35 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Santa Rock is a 35 m (according to the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee 37 m ) high cliff rock in the archipelago of the South Sandwich Islands . It rises 2.5 km north-northwest of Vindication Island from the South Atlantic .
Scientists of the British Discovery Investigations mapped and named it in 1930. The further naming background is not known.
Web links
- Santa skirt in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Santa Rock on geographic.org (English)