Boulder rock
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| Waters | Robertson Bay , Somow Lake | |
| Geographical location | 71 ° 19 ′ S , 170 ° 13 ′ E | |
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The Boulder Rock (from English boulder , 'Brocken, Felsblock' ) is a rocky island off the coast of East Antarctica Victoria Land . It is located off the west side of the Adare Peninsula immediately south of Ridley Beach .
The northern group led by the British polar explorer Victor Campbell (1875-1956) on the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) mapped the island in 1911. Campbell gave it a descriptive name.
Web links
- Boulder Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Boulder Rock on geographic.org (English)