Hobby Rocks
| Hobby Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Davis Anchorage , Cooperative Lake | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 35 ′ S , 77 ° 54 ′ E | |
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| Number of islands | 3 | |
The hobby Rocks are three small islands off the Ingrid Christensen Coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth country . They lie in front of the Vestfold Mountains and mark the west side of Davis Anchorage .
Norwegian cartographers mapped it using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 . A new mapping was carried out using aerial photographs taken by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . Name giver is Derrick William David Hobby (* 1927), mechanic for diesel engines at Davis Station in 1960.
Web links
- Hobby Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hobby Rocks on geographic.org (English)