  Lumus Rock Location of Lumus Rock in Antarctica | |
| Etymology | Ship's cat Lummo |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 65°13′S 65°18′W / 65.217°S 65.300°W |
| Archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago |
| Adjacent to | Southern Ocean |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Lumus Rock is a rock located 4 nautical miles (7 km) west-northwest of Sooty Rock, marking the southwestern extremity of the Wilhelm Archipelago off the Graham Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. It was discovered by British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934–37, and named "Lumus Reef" after one of the expedition cats, the only one to survive the Antarctic winter. The BGLE naming has been accepted because of long use, though a change in generic term, from reef to rock, was made on recommendation by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971.[1] The rock is situated roughly midway between Anvers and Renaud Island at 7.8 miles (12.6 km) west-northwest of the Betbeder Islands,[2] in the Hugo Island Trough,[3] belonging to the Palmer Deep, an inner shelf structural depression.[4]
- ^ "Lumus Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
- ^ Sailing Directions (Planning Guide & Enroute), Pub. 200: Antarctica (PDF). Sailing Directions. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2017. p. 151.
- ^ Domack et al., 2005, p.2
- ^ Sjunneskog & Taylor, 2002, p.2