Grandmother Rock
| Grandmother Rock | ||
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| Waters | Commonwealth Bay | |
| Archipelago | Mackellar Islands | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 1 ′ S , 142 ° 39 ′ E | |
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The Grandmother Rock is a cliff rock off the George V coast in the Australian Antarctic Territory . It belongs to the Mackellar Islands in the Commonwealth Bay and is located immediately west of Cape Denison .
Participants of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson discovered him. It is named after one of the sled dogs on the research trip.
Web links
- Grandmother Rock in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)