Norvegia Rock Explained

Norvegia Rock (-54.4°N 28°W) is a submerged rock with less than 2 m of water over it, lying off the north coast of the island of Bouvetøya, approximately 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) east-northeast of Cape Valdivia. Norvegia I, the ship of the Norwegian expedition under Captain Harald Horntvedt, struck a rock here on December 3, 1927. Named by the expedition after the Norvegia I.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Norvegia I. polarhistorie.no. October 1, 2016. 2011-02-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110206102813/http://www.polarhistorie.no/ekspedisjoner/Norvegia%20I. dead.