Feature Name (see definition): Castor Rock

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 2516

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 57° 07' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 026° 47' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -57.1166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -26.7833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1972

Description (see definition): The northern of a pair of large off-lying rocks south of Vindication Island, South Sandwich Islands. This rock, with its neighbor Pollux Rock, was named "Castor and Pollux" during the survey of these islands from Royal Research Ship (RRS) Discovery II in 1930. In 1971 UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) recommended that they be assigned unambiguous names making each individually identifiable, and this has been done by naming the northern one Castor Rock and the southern one Pollux Rock.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data