Elliott Rock is a rock lying in
Stewart Strait
Stewart Strait () is a strait 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide between Bird Island, South Georgia, Bird Island and the Willis Islands, off the west end of South Georgia Island, South Georgia. The strait was navigated and charted by Captain James ...
, close west of
Bird Island, off the west end of
South Georgia
South Georgia ( es, Isla San Pedro) is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. Stretching in the east†...
. It was positioned by
Discovery Investigations personnel under Lieutenant Commander
J.M. Chaplin JM may refer to:
Places
* Jamaica (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code JM)
* Jay Em, Wyoming, a community in the United States
Businesses and organizations
* Jack's Mannequin, a piano rock band
* Jama'at al-Jihad al-Islami, an Islamic terrorist gro ...
in the period 1926–30, and was named in 1957 by the
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for
Henry W. Elliott
Henry may refer to:
People
*Henry (given name)
*Henry (surname)
* Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry
Royalty
* Portuguese royalty
** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal
** Henry, Count of Portugal, ...
(1846–1930), an American naturalist who was a pioneer of
fur seal studies in the
North Pacific and a lifelong champion of fur seal protection. Fur seals breed on nearby Bird Island.
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References
Rock formations of Antarctica
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