The menhir
| The menhir | ||
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| height | 430 m | |
| location | Coronation Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Coordinates | 60 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ S , 45 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The menhir (English for The menhir is) a 395 m high and isolated monolith in the east of Coronation Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It towers on the west bank of Gibbon Bay .
Scientists from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey conducted surveys between 1956 and 1958. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee gave the rock its descriptive name in 1959.
Web links
- The menhir in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- The Menhir on geographic.org (English)