Hayrick Island

Hayrick Island
Hayrick Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 68°42′S 67°32′W / 68.700°S 67.533°W / -68.700; -67.533Coordinates: 68°42′S 67°32′W / 68.700°S 67.533°W / -68.700; -67.533
Highest elevation 150 m (490 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Hayrick Island is a small prominent rock mass, more than 150 metres (500 ft) high, between Lodge Rock and Twig Rock in the Terra Firma Islands, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. The Terra Firma Islands were first visited and surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill. Hayrick Island was surveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and so named by them because, when seen from the east, its high mass has an appearance suggesting a hayrick.[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Hayrick Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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