Black Rock ( es, Roca Negra) () is a low rock southeast of Shag Rocks and some west-northwest of South Georgia. Black Rock may have been considered as part of the "

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" reported in this vicinity by the ship ''Aurora'' in 1762. It was charted in 1927 by

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personnel on the ''William Scoresby''.

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lays claim to many islands of the area, including Black Rock and Shag Rocks. The Falklands War of 1982 was fought by

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and Argentina not only over the territories of the

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, but also over

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. Black Rock and Shag Rocks are on the route from the Falkland Islands to South Georgia Island, on the seamount of Scotia Ridge.

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* Islands of South Georgia Uninhabited islands of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands {{SouthGeorgia-geo-stub

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