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Morgan Island is a small island while also being the largest feature in a group of islands located 1 nautical mile (2 km) east of Cape Bidlingmaier , off the north side of Heard Island in the Indian Ocean . The island group was charted as extending across "Morgan Bay" on an 1860 sketch map compiled by Captain H.C. Chester , an American sealer, and "Morgan Islands" appears on the 1874 chart and the scientific reports of a British expedition under George Nares in HMS  Challenger . Morgan Island was surveyed in 1948 by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions , who restricted the name Morgan as the largest feature in the group.

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2-589: Black Rock lies immediately northwest of Morgan Island. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from "Morgan Island" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . 53°1′S 73°34′E  /  53.017°S 73.567°E  / -53.017; 73.567 This subantarctic islands location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Black Rock (Heard Island) Black Rock ( 53°1′S 73°34′E  /  53.017°S 73.567°E  / -53.017; 73.567 )

4-763: Is a small, dark rock lying immediately northwest of Morgan Island and 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) north of Heard Island . The feature appears to be roughly shown on an 1860 sketch map prepared by Captain H.C. Chester , American sealer operating in this area during this period. The name, which is descriptive, appears to have been applied on charts about 1932, probably as a result of the 1929 British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) work under Mawson. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from "Black Rock (Heard Island)" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . This Antarctica or antarctic or sub-antarctic islands location article

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