Lonely Rock
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Lonely Rock is a rock rising 7 m above sea level east of Ula Point
Ula Point
Ula Point is a low ice-covered point on the northeast coast of James Ross Island, 5 miles northwest of Cape Gage. First seen and roughly surveyed by Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskjold. Resurveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1945...

, James Ross Island
James Ross Island
James Ross Island is a large island off the southeast side and near the northeastern extremity of Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Prince Gustav Channel. Rising to , it is irregularly shaped and extends in a north-south direction. It was charted in October 1903 by the Swedish...

, on the west margin of Erebus and Terror Gulf. Charted by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1945, and named Lone Rock by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) because of its small size and isolation. The name was modified in 1963 to avoid duplication with Lone Rock off Nelson Island
Nelson Island
Nelson Island may refer to:*Nelson Island *Nelson Island *Nelson Island *Nelson Island, Trinidad and Tobago*Nelson Island *Nelson's Island, an island in Abu Qir Bay, Egypt...

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