Shag Rock (Antarctica)
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| Waters | Grandidier Canal | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 1 ′ S , 65 ° 38 ′ W | |
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The Shag Rock is a cliff rocks in front of the Graham Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 160 m east of Cliff Island in the Grandidier Channel .
Participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937), led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill, mapped and named him. It is named after the blue-eyed shag ( Phalacrocorax atriceps , English imperial shag ) that is widespread in this area .
Web links
- Shag Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Shag Rock on geographic.org (English)