Cook Rock

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Cook Rock ( 57°4′S26°45′W / 57.067°S 26.750°W / -57.067; -26.750 Coordinates: 57°4′S26°45′W / 57.067°S 26.750°W / -57.067; -26.750 ) is an arched rock, 45 metres (150 ft) high, lying close east of Trousers Rock and 0.3 nautical miles (0.6 km) northeast of Vindication Island in the South Sandwich Islands. It was charted in 1930 by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II and named for Captain James Cook. [1]

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Trousers Rock is a rock with a prominent wave-cut arch, lying immediately west of Cook Rock and 0.3 nautical miles (0.6 km) northeast of Vindication Island in the South Sandwich Islands. Charted in 1930 and given this descriptive name by DI personnel on the Discovery II.

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