Hole Rock

Location of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Hole Rock (61°53′S 57°44′W / 61.883°S 57.733°W / -61.883; -57.733Coordinates: 61°53′S 57°44′W / 61.883°S 57.733°W / -61.883; -57.733) is the largest of several rocks lying close north of North Foreland, the northeastly cape of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was charted in 1937 by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II and so named because a conspicuous hole extends through it.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "Hole Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  2. ↑ Alberts, Fred G., ed. (June 1995). Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (second ed.). United States Board on Geographic Names. p. 340. Retrieved 2012-04-05.

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