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Pig Rock

Coordinates: 62°18′30″S 58°47′34″W / 62.30839°S 58.79269°W / -62.30839; -58.79269
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Pig Rock
Nickname: Location of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands
Pig Rock is located in Antarctica
Pig Rock
Pig Rock
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°18′30″S 58°47′34″W / 62.30839°S 58.79269°W / -62.30839; -58.79269
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Pig Rock is a rock, 65 m high, the largest of a group of rocks lying 1.9 kilometres (1 nmi) east of the east end of Nelson Island, in the South Shetland Islands. This rock, known to sealers in the area as early as 1821, was charted and named by DI personnel on the Discovery II in 1935.

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