Holmes Rock (Wilkesland)
| Holmes rock | ||
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| Waters | Mawson Lake | |
| Archipelago | Balaena Islands | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 2 ′ S , 111 ° 5 ′ E | |
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The Holmes rock is a small rocky island off the Budd Coast of the East Antarctic Wilke country . In the group of Balaena Islands , it is located 2.3 km southwest of Thompson Island .
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after Leslie Holmes, radio operator on board the British factory ship Balaena , from which the Budd and Knox coasts were mapped in 1947 .
Web links
- Holmes Rock in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)