. Fig. 15. Bristol Island: sketches by J. Irving. a. From the N by E: distant about 6 miles. b. From the SW: Grindle Rock, the inner of the three outlying rocks about i mile distant. c. Freezeland Peak from the NE: bearing 220° and distant 3-2 miles. To the west of the island stand three rocky islets of imposing appearance. The outer- most, situated 3 miles from the mainland, is a magnificent structure, with a towering pillar of rock 900 ft. in height and a lesser summit of about 620 ft. (Plate XXVI, figs. 1,2; Fig. 15 f). This rock was the landfall that Cook made when he discovered
. Fig. 15. Bristol Island: sketches by J. Irving. a. From the N by E: distant about 6 miles. b. From the SW: Grindle Rock, the inner of the three outlying rocks about i mile distant. c. Freezeland Peak from the NE: bearing 220° and distant 3-2 miles. To the west of the island stand three rocky islets of imposing appearance. The outer- most, situated 3 miles from the mainland, is a magnificent structure, with a towering pillar of rock 900 ft. in height and a lesser summit of about 620 ft. (Plate XXVI, figs. 1,2; Fig. 15 f). This rock was the landfall that Cook made when he discovered the South Sandwich Group, and he named it Freezeland Peak after the man who first sighted it. The middle and inner rocks, which we have named Wilson Rock* and Grindle Rock,^ are respectively 500 and 700 ft. in height (Plate XXVI, figs. 3,4). 1 D. H. Fryer, , , Captain of Surveying Ship 'Fitzroy'. ^ A. Harker, of Messrs Flannery, Baggallay and Johnson, Consulting Naval Architects. ^ E. R. Darnley, Chairman of the Discovery Committee. ^ Sir Samuel H. Wilson, , , , Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. ^ Sir Gilbert E. A. Grindle, , Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies.
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