Cook Rock
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Cook Rock is an arched rock, 45 metre high, lying close east of Trousers Rock
and 0.3 mile (0.482802 km) northeast of Vindication Island
in the South Sandwich Islands. It was charted in 1930 by Discovery Investigations
personnel on the Discovery II and named for Captain James Cook
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Trousers Rock
Trousers Rock is a rock with a prominent wave-cut arch, lying immediately west of Cook Rock and 0.3 nautical miles northeast of Vindication Island in the South Sandwich Islands. Charted in 1930 and given this descriptive name by DI personnel on the Discovery II....
and 0.3 mile (0.482802 km) northeast of Vindication Island
Vindication Island
Vindication Island is a small uninhabited island in the South Sandwich Islands. It lies about from Candlemas Island, separated by the Nelson Channel....
in the South Sandwich Islands. It was charted in 1930 by Discovery Investigations
Discovery Investigations
The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean. They were funded by the British Colonial Office and organised by the Discovery Committee in London, which was formed in 1918...
personnel on the Discovery II and named for Captain James Cook
James Cook
Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...
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