# Bandstone Block

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**Bandstone Block** ([71°40′S 68°12′W](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=71_40_S_68_12_W)) is an almost rectangular block of [sandstone](/source/Sandstone) in eastern [Alexander Island](/source/Alexander_Island), [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica). It rises to about 300 metres (1,000 ft) 2 nautical miles (4 km) north of [Triton Point](/source/Triton_Point) at the mouth of [Venus Glacier](/source/Venus_Glacier). The coast in this vicinity was first seen from the air by [Lincoln Ellsworth](/source/Lincoln_Ellsworth) on November 23, 1935, and roughly mapped from photos obtained on that flight by [W.L.G. Joerg](/source/W.L.G._Joerg). This feature was first surveyed in 1949 by the [Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey](/source/Falkland_Islands_Dependencies_Survey), who named it because of its conspicuous [sedimentary](/source/Sedimentary) bands.[1]

## See also

- [Horrocks Block](/source/Horrocks_Block)
- [Rhea Corner](/source/Rhea_Corner)

## References

1. 933. Retrieved 2011-05-18.

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