Habermehl Rock (, ) is the rock off the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica 37 m long in southeast–northwest direction and 18 m wide, with a surface area of 0.02 ha. The vicinity was visited by early 19th century sealers.L. Ivanov. General Geography and History of Livingston Island. In: Bulgarian Antarctic Research: A Synthesis. Eds. C. Pimpirev and N. Chipev. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2015. pp. 17–28
The feature is named after Erasmus Habermehl (c. 1538–1606), a Bohemian scientific instrument maker who created an early surveyor's theodolite; in association with other names in the area deriving from the early development or use of geodetic instruments and methods.
Location Habermehl Rock is in Hero Bay at ,Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission which is 2.8 km north-northwest of Siddins Point, 9.7 km northeast of Avitohol Point and 8 km southwest of Desolation Island according to mapping in 2009 and 2017.
See also List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
Maps South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3373. DOS 610 - W 62 58. Tolworth, UK, 1968 L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. (First edition 2009. ) L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
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References Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links Habermehl Rock. Adjusted Copernix satellite image