Avalanche Rocks
| Avalanche Rocks | ||
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| height | 185 m | |
| location | Queen Marie Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ S , 98 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Avalanche Rocks are a 185 m high and 366 m long ledge on the west side of the Melba Peninsula on the coast of the East Antarctic Queen Marie Land . They rise vertically halfway between Delay Point and Jones Rocks .
It was discovered in September 1912 by participants in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–1914) led by the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson . Name derives from a large was avalanches (English: avalanche ), which had gone off near a tent camp of the expedition members.
Web links
- Avalanche Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Avalanche Rocks on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 96 (English).