Gravenoire Rock [SEP] continent
Gravenoire Rock
Gravenoire Rock () is a small rock outcrop about southeast of Rock X, protruding above the coastal ice at the east side of Victor Bay, Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1952–53, and so named by them because of its resemblance to Gravenoire, the name of a puy or dome-shaped hill overlooking the city of Clermont-Ferrand, which lies in the chain of extinct volcanoes forming the Monts d'Auvergne of
Rock X
Rock X () is a prominent offshore rock 0.4 miles (0.6 km) long, lying close inside the east side of the entrance to Victor Bay, 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of Gravenoire Rock, on the Antarctic coast. It was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Marret, 1952–53. The rocked was so named because the rock was indicated by a cross or "X" mark in selected prints of the