Murray monolith
| Murray monolith | ||
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| height | 370 m | |
| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 47 '5 " S , 66 ° 53' 9" E | |
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The Murray Monolith is a 370 m (according to another source 243 m and according to Australian data 339 m ) high rock formation on the coast of the East Antarctic Mac-Robertson Land . It is upstream of Torlyn Mountain 6 km east of the Scullin Monolith .
Participants of the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929-1931) led by the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson sighted the formation in January 1930. Mawson named it after George John Robert Murray (1863-1942), chief judge at the Supreme Court of South Australia and sponsor of the expedition.
Web links
- Murray Monolith in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Murray Monolith on geographic.org (English)
- Map of the specially protected area ASPA-164 "Scullin and Murray Monolith" (PDF) at the Australian Antarctic Data Center (description)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Murray Monolith on lonelyplanet.com (English). Retrieved June 28, 2019.