Sawert Rocks
| Sawert Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Holme Bay | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 31 ′ S , 62 ° 50 ′ E | |
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The Sawert Rocks are a group of small rock islands off the Mawson Coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . They are located 2.5 km east-northeast of Azimuth Island in the northeast part of Holme Bay .
Aerial photographs of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from 1958 were used for their mapping. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after Alan W. Sawert, a radio operator on Mawson Station in 1959.
Web links
- Sawert Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sawert Rocks on geographic.org (English)