Wilson Rock

Wilson Rock rises to about 590 feet above sea-level between Freezland Rock and Grindle Rock off Turmoil Point, a northern headland of Bristol Island one of the South Sandwich Islands.

The rock was charted by Discovery Investigations in 1930 and named after Brigadier General Sir Samuel Herbert Wilson (1873-1950), Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies 1925-33.

Location

• Location map: 59°-0’51"S, 26°40’47"W

Reference

• Gazetteer and Map of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Wilson Rock