Lodge Rock

Lodge Rock
Lodge Rock
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 68°41′S 67°32′W / 68.683°S 67.533°W / -68.683; -67.533Coordinates: 68°41′S 67°32′W / 68.683°S 67.533°W / -68.683; -67.533
Administration
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Lodge Rock is a low, snow-capped rock, less than 30 metres (100 ft) high, between Barn Rock and Hayrick Island in the Terra Firma Islands, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. The Terra Firma Islands were first visited and surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill. This rock was surveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, and so named by them because a low ledge onto which sledges could be driven provided lodgment clear of the sea ice pressure area.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Lodge Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-06-28.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Lodge Rock" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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