Freezland Rock
Rock
Freezland Rock is located in Antarctica
Freezland Rock
Freezland Rock
Coordinates: 59°1′43.7″S 26°43′32.8″W / 59.028806°S 26.725778°W / -59.028806; -26.725778
LocationSouth Sandwich Islands
EtymologySamuel Freezland, seaman who first spotted this feature
Dimensions
 • Height305 metres (1,000 ft)

Freezland Rock (59°1′43.7″S 26°43′32.8″W / 59.028806°S 26.725778°W / -59.028806; -26.725778) is a conspicuous sharp-pointed rock, 305 metres (1,000 ft) high, located 2 nautical miles (4 km) west of Bristol Island in the South Sandwich Islands. This feature was originally named "Freezland Peak" by Captain Cook, after Samuel Freezland, the seaman who first sighted it and so discovered the South Sandwich group in 1775. Cook's chart, showing the feature as an insular rock, was verified in 1930 by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II and the terminology has been altered accordingly.[1][2]

Freezland Rock is the westernmost of a chain of rocks extending WSW from Turmoil Point, the westernmost point of Bristol Island. These are Grindle Rock, Wilson Rock and Freezland Rock.

References

  1. ↑ "Freezland Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  2. ↑ Alberts, Fred G., ed. (June 1995). Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (second ed.). United States Board on Geographic Names. p. 259. Retrieved 5 April 2012.

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