Granite Knolls
| Granite Knolls | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 53 ′ S , 163 ° 29 ′ E | |
The Granite Knolls (literally translated granite knubbel ) are prominent rocky outcrops in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . They rise up on the northwest flank of Blue Glacier and 5 miles west of Hobbs Peak .
They received their descriptive name from participants in the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) under the direction of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott .
Web links
- Granite Knolls in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Granite Knolls on geographic.org (English)