The Devil Rock
| The Devil Rock | ||
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| Waters | Commonwealth Bay | |
| Archipelago | Mackellar Islands | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 0 ′ S , 142 ° 41 ′ E | |
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The The Devil rock is a cliff rock in front of Georg V. Coast in the Australian Antarctic Territory . It belongs to the Mackellar Islands in Commonwealth Bay and is located immediately north of Cape Denison .
Participants of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson discovered him. It is named after one of the sled dogs on the research trip. This in turn had a name because of his temperament ( English devil , devil, Satan ' )
Web links
- The Devil Rock in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)