Black Rock, South Georgia

Interactive map of Black Rock, South Georgia
Geography
Coordinates	53°39′S 41°48′W / 53.650°S 41.800°W / -53.650; -41.800
Administration
United Kingdom
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Black Rock (Spanish: Roca Negra) (53°39′S 41°48′W / 53.650°S 41.800°W / -53.650; -41.800) is a low rock 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Shag Rocks and some 105 miles (169 km) west-northwest of South Georgia.^[1] Black Rock may have been considered as part of the "Aurora Islands" reported in this vicinity by the ship Aurora in 1762. It was charted in 1927 by Discovery Investigations personnel on the William Scoresby.

Black Rock and Shag Rocks are on the route from the Falkland Islands to South Georgia Island, on the seamount of Scotia Ridge. Argentina lays claim to Black Rock and Shag Rocks.

• List of Antarctic islands north of 60° S

•  This article incorporates public domain material from "Black Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.