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Feature Name (see definition): First Rock Feature Class (see definition): Island Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 4936 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 54° 55' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 036° 07' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -54.9166667 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -36.1166667 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1952 Description (see definition): Rock lying 1 mi SSE of Brode Island and 2 mi S of Cape Disappointment, the S extremity of South Georgia. It is first (southernmost) in a line of three insular features S of Cape Disappointment discovered in 1775 by Captain James Cook. So named because of its position by DI personnel who charted South Georgia in the period 1926-30. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding First Rock in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of First Rock information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about First Rock should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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