Atlas Roads
| Atlas Roads | ||
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| Waters | Indian Ocean | |
| Land mass | Heard ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 0 ′ 30 " S , 73 ° 22 ′ 36" E | |
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The Atlas Roads ( English for, Atlas Roads ') is a natural harbor of the island Heard in the southern Indian Ocean . It lies between the Laurens and Azorella peninsulas .
It is named after the American tender Atlas from New London , Connecticut , who headed for the island of Heard in 1855 for a seal hunt .
Web links
- Atlas Roads in the directory of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)