Stevens Rock
| Stevens Rock | ||
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| Waters | Cooperation lake | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 37 ′ S , 64 ° 42 ′ E | |
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The Stevens rock is a small and isolated cliff rocks 1.5km before the Mawson coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Lands . It is located 2.5 km east of the mouth of the Strahan Glacier .
Participants of the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929-1931) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson discovered him in February 1921. Mawson named him after Commander Charles Whettnall Stevens (1879-1967) of the Hydrographic Office of the Royal Australian Navy .
Web links
- Stevens Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Stevens Rock on geographic.org (English)