Strong rock
| Strong rock | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 15 ′ S , 64 ° 32 ′ W | |
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| Highest elevation | 7 m | |
The Stark Rock (from English strong , 'bare, bare, dreary, monotonous' ) is a striking 7 m high cliff in the Wilhelm Archipelago off the west coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 3 km south of the Cruls Islands .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it using aerial photographs from Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. from 1956 to 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee gave it its descriptive name in 1959.
Web links
- Strong rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Stark Rock on geographic.org (English)