Pig Rock

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.

Pig Rock

Nickname: Location of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands
Pig Rock Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°18′30″S 58°47′34″W
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• South Shetland Islands

References

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

External links

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Pig Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.