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Feature Name (see definition): Discovery Rock Feature Class (see definition): Bar Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 3896 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 54° 09' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 036° 35' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -54.15 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -36.5833333 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963 Description (see definition): Submerged rock in Stromness Bay, South Georgia, lying 0.7 mi NNE of Ems Rock. The rock was positioned by Discovery Investigations personnel under Lieutenant Commander J.M. Chaplin, Royal Navy (RN), who made surveys of Stromness Bay in 1927 and 1929. They probably applied the name, which is now well established in local use. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Discovery 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 Discovery Rock information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Discovery Rock should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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