Williamson Rock
| Williamson Rock | ||
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| Waters | Ross Sea | |
| Archipelago | Ross Archipelago ( Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 27 ' S , 169 ° 15' E | |
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The Williamson skirt is a cliff in the Antarctic Ross Archipelago . The rock rises out of the Ross Sea 6 km northwest of Cape Crozier just off the north coast of Ross Island . It belongs to the No. 124 of the specially protected areas in the Antarctic .
Participants in the British Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913) of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott mapped and named him. Namesake is Able Seaman and later Petty Officer Thomas Soulsby Williamson (1877-1940), who had participated in this and the Discovery expedition (1901-1904).
Web links
- Williamson Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey .
- Williamson Rock on geographic.org (English).