Turmoil rock
| Turmoil rock | ||
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| Waters | English Strait | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 21 ′ S , 59 ° 47 ′ W | |
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The Turmoil Rock (from English turmoil , uproar, tumult, turbulence ' ) is a cliff rock washed over by the sea in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is 1.1 km southeast of Table Island on the west side of the English Strait .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it that way in 1971 because the ocean waves break almost continuously on this rock .
Web links
- Turmoil Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Turmoil Rock on geographic.org (English)