Sewing-Machine Needles
Location of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
Sewing-Machine Needles Location of Sewing-Machine Needles Sewing-Machine Needles Sewing-Machine Needles (Antarctica) | |
Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 62°58′11.8″S 60°29′39.1″W / 62.969944°S 60.494194°WCoordinates: 62°58′11.8″S 60°29′39.1″W / 62.969944°S 60.494194°W |
Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | uninhabited |
Sewing-Machine Needles (62°58′11.8″S 60°29′39.1″W / 62.969944°S 60.494194°W) is a group of three prominent rock needles, the highest 45 m, lying close southeast of Rancho Point, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name Sewing-Machine Rock was given by whalers for what was originally a conspicuous natural arch. Needles is now considered the more suitable descriptive term; an earthquake tremor in 1924 caused the arch to collapse.
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