Nigg Rock (60°43′S 44°51′W / 60.717°S 44.850°W) is an insular rock, 165 m (510 ft) high, lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) northwest of Route Point, the northwest tip of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands. It is between the Mackenzie Peninsula (named after the family of Jessie Mackenzie), and Eillium Island (named after their son, born 1902).