Black Rock, South Georgia

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Geography
Coordinates	53°39′S41°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′S41°48′W / 53.650°S 41.800°W /-53.650; -41.800) is a low rock 10 miles (16 km) southeast ofShag Rocks and some 105 miles (169 km) west-northwest ofSouth Georgia.^[1] Black Rock may have been considered as part of the "Aurora Islands" reported in this vicinity by the shipAurora in 1762. It was charted in 1927 byDiscovery Investigations personnel on theWilliam Scoresby.

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

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