Boulder cones
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| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 48 ′ S , 166 ° 42 ′ E | |
The Boulder Cones (English for Brockenkegel ) are a group of mountain cones on the Antarctic Ross Island . They rise 1.4 km southwest of Castle Rock on the Hut Point Peninsula .
The name was given by the Australian geologist and geographer Frank Debenham during the British Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) when surveying the Hut Point Peninsula in 1912.
Web links
- Boulder Cones in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Boulder Cones on geographic.org (English)