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New Rock (South Shetland Islands)

Coordinates: 63°1′S 60°44′W / 63.017°S 60.733°W / -63.017; -60.733
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New Rock
New Rock is located in Antarctica
New Rock
New Rock
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates63°1′S 60°44′W / 63.017°S 60.733°W / -63.017; -60.733
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Highest elevation105 m (344 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

New Rock is a rock, 105 m high, lying 1.4 kilometres (0.75 nmi) off the southwest coast of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name of the rock derives from its relatively recent charting in about 1929.

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "New Rock (South Shetland Islands)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.