Colbeck Archipelago
| Colbeck Archipelago | ||
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| Waters | Cooperation lake | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 26 ′ S , 60 ° 58 ′ E | |
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| Main island | Teksla | |
The Colbeck Archipelago is an archipelago made up of numerous small rock islands off the Mawson coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . Its center is 1.5 km northwest of Byrd Head and immediately east of Taylor Glacier .
Participants in the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929-1931) led by the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson discovered it in January 1930 and mapped it in February 1931. Mawson named the headland after William Robinson Colbeck (1906-1986), second Officer on board the expedition ship RRS Discovery .
Web links
- Colbeck Archipelago in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Colbeck Archipelago on geographic.org (English)