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Nigg Rock (60°43′S 44°51′W) is an insular rock, 165 m (510 ft) high,[1] lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) northwest of Route Point, the northwest tip of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands. It is between the Mackenzie Peninsula (named after the family of Jessie Mackenzie), and Eillium Island (named after their son, born 1902).[2]

First seen and roughly charted by Captain George Powell and Captain Nathaniel Palmer on the occasion of their joint cruise in 1821. Recharted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under William S. Bruce, who named it for the birthplace of his wife, Nigg Bay in Cromarty in Scotland.

References

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

• Voyage of the Scotia 1902-04 The Antarctic; Nigg Rock

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Der Nigg Rock ist ein 155 m hoher und inselartiger Klippenfelsen im Archipel der Südlichen Orkneyinseln. Er liegt 800 m nordwestlich des Route Point, der nordwestlichen Spitze von Laurie Island, am Ostrand der Washington Strait.

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