Harris Rock (62°57′S 56°21′W / 62.950°S 56.350°W / -62.950; -56.350) is the largest and southernmost of a group of three rocks lying north of Montrol Rock and D'Urville Island, in the Joinville Island group, Antarctica. It is located 7 km northeast of Cape Juncal and 6.3 km northwest of Limoza Island. The name appears on an Argentine government chart of 1960. The rock is named after Capitan de Navio Santiago Harris of the Argentine Navy.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Harris Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-05-24.

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