Twitcher_Rock

Twitcher Rock

Twitcher Rock

Islet between Thule and Cook Islands in the South Atlantic

Twitcher Rock (59°27′23.3″S 27°17′00.3″W) is a rock in the southern part of Douglas Strait, 55 meters high and 140 to 150 meters in diameter, lying 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km) east of Hewison Point, the southeast point of Thule Island in the South Sandwich Islands. Discovered by a Russian expedition under Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen in 1820, it was charted in 1930 by DI personnel on the British ship Discovery II. They named it for John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who was popularly known by the nickname Jemmy Twitcher. With the two islets off Cook Island, it is the southernmost land on Earth outside the Antarctic Circle.

Spamish language map showing Twitcher Rock (Roca Twitcher).
Argentinian beacon Baliza Punta Hewison in 1976, with Twitcher Rock at a distance on the left side

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