Haggits Pillar

Haggits Pillar is a stack 203 feet (62 m) high in the South Pacific Ocean at the northwestern edge of the Ross Sea, lying 250 metres (270 yd) west of Scott Island and some 500 kilometres (310 mi) north-northeast of Cape Adare, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It measures 50 metres (55 yd) in diameter, yielding an area of less than 0.2 hectares (0.5 acres).

Haggits Pillar
Scott Island and Haggits Pillar
Haggits Pillar is located in Antarctica
Haggits Pillar
Haggits Pillar
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates67°24′S 179°55′W
Area0.2 ha (0.49 acres)
Length165 ft (50.3 m)
Width165 ft (50.3 m)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population0

It was discovered on 25 December 1902 by Captain William Colbeck, Royal Navy Reserve, commander of the SY Morning, relief ship to the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE), 1901–1904, under Robert Falcon Scott. The name was used on official charts of the BrNAE drawn by Lieutenant George F.A. Mulock.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Haggits Pillar". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-05-14.

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