Nilsson Rocks
| Nilsson Rocks | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Prince Charles Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 45 ′ S , 67 ° 42 ′ E | |
The Nilsson Rocks are a group of low rocky outcrops in Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica . In the Prince Charles Mountains they rise 15 km south of the Fisher massif . In this group lies the meltwater lake Ozero Reliktovoe .
Aerial photographs of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from 1956 were used for their mapping. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after Carl Sigurd Nielsson (* 1936), physicist at Mawson Station in 1957.
Web links
- Nilsson Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nilsson Rocks on geographic.org (English)