Английская Википедия:Holmes Rock
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Holmes Rock is rising to Шаблон:Convert north of Greenwich Island and west of Aitcho group in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
The feature is named after Captain Jeremiah Holmes, Master of the American sealing vessel Emeline that visited the South Shetlands in 1820-21 and operated from nearby Clothier Harbour.
Location
The rock is located Шаблон:Convert west of Riksa Islands, Шаблон:Convert west-northwest of Emeline Island, Шаблон:Convert north-northeast of Stoker Island, Шаблон:Convert east-southeast of Romeo Island, Шаблон:Convert south by west of Table Island and Шаблон:Convert southwest of Morris Rock. It is separated from neighbouring Nikudin Rock to the west-southwest by a 150 m wide passage (British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).
See also
- Aitcho Islands
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Greenwich Island
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCAR
- Territorial claims in Antarctica
Maps
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. Шаблон:ISBN
References
External links
Шаблон:Portalbar Шаблон:South Shetlands
Шаблон:GreenwichIsland-geo-stub