Rouse Islands
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| Waters | Holme Bay | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 35 ′ S , 62 ° 57 ′ E | |
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The Rouse Islands are a small group of islands off the Mawson coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . They are located immediately south of Welch Island in the eastern part of Holme Bay .
Participants of the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE, 1929-1931) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson discovered them in February 1931. Mawson named them after Edgar John Rouse (1894-1974), a manager of Kodak in Sydney who equipped the research trip with photographic equipment.
Web links
- Rouse Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rouse Islands on geographic.org (English)