Elliott Rock
Elliott Rock is a rock lying in Stewart Strait, close west of Bird Island, off the west end of South Georgia. It was positioned by Discovery Investigations personnel under Lieutenant Commander in the period 1926–30, and was named in 1957 by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for (1846–1930), an American naturalist who was a pioneer of fur seal studies in the North Pacific and a lifelong champion of fur seal protection. Fur seals breed on nearby Bird Island.[1]
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- ^ "Elliott Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
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