Baldwin Rocks
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| location | David Island , Queen Marie Land , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 24 ′ S , 98 ° 45 ′ E | |
The Baldwin Rocks are rocky outcrops to the north of David Island off the coast of Queen Marie Land in East Antarctica . They loom 5 miles northwest of Watson Bluff .
Participants of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson mapped this formation. Mawson named it after the Australian astronomer Joseph Mason Baldwin (1878–1945).
Web links
- Baldwin Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Baldwin Rocks on geographic.org (English)