Alert Rock
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Alert Rock is a submerged rock marked by breakers, lying 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east-southeast of Barff Point
, which marks the east side of the entrance to Cumberland Bay
, South Georgia. It was charted in 1929 by Discovery Investigations
personnel, who named it after the Alert, a small motor launch used during the survey.
Barff Point
Barff Point is a headland which forms the east side of the entrance to Cumberland Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. It was named for Lieutenant A.D. Barff, Royal Navy, of the Sappho, who, assisted by Captain C.A. Larsen, made a sketch map of Cumberland Bay in 1906....
, which marks the east side of the entrance to Cumberland Bay
Cumberland Bay
Cumberland Bay, wide at its entrance between Larsen and Barff Points, which separates into two extensive arms that recede inland along the northern coast of South Georgia. Discovered and named in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook....
, South Georgia. It was charted in 1929 by Discovery Investigations
Discovery Investigations
The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean. They were funded by the British Colonial Office and organised by the Discovery Committee in London, which was formed in 1918...
personnel, who named it after the Alert, a small motor launch used during the survey.