Hansen Rocks
| Hansen Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Cooperation lake | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 30 ′ S , 62 ° 54 ′ E | |
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| Number of islands | 5 | |
The Hansen Rocks are a group of five rocky islands off the Mawson coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . They are located 1.5 km northeast of the Sawert Rocks immediately north of Holme Bay .
The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) took aerial photographs for their mapping. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named her after Bent Thygesen Hansen (1930-2016), captain of the ship Nella Dan in the ANARE campaigns of 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1972.
Web links
- Hansen Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hansen Rocks on geographic.org (English)