Scratch My Arse Rock

Scratch My Arse Rock is a popular fishing location off the coast of Palmerston Island,[1] an atoll belonging to the Cook Islands archipelago. The rock's name was reputedly conferred by William Marsters,[2] the 19th-century progenitor of the Marsters family, which continues to inhabit and administer Palmerston Island today. The waters off Scratch My Arse Rock are noted for their abundance of parrotfish.

Geographical data for the rock is available from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency at Bethesda, Maryland, United States, to be found at Geographical Names.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Queen's Baton Relay: Finding part of the West Country in the Pacific (Article from BBC News, December 10, 2013)
  2. ↑ We're always asking for it (Article from Cook Islands News, February 14, 2010)
  3. ↑ Geographical Names http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=9213843&fid=1506&c=cook_islands

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Coordinates: 18°03′01″S 163°11′20″W / 18.050399°S 163.188892°W / -18.050399; -163.188892

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