Hansen Rocks

Hansen Rocks
Hansen Rocks
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 67°30′S 62°54′E / 67.500°S 62.900°E / -67.500; 62.900Coordinates: 67°30′S 62°54′E / 67.500°S 62.900°E / -67.500; 62.900
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

The Hansen Rocks are a group of five small islands lying just north of Holme Bay and the coast of Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica, about 2 kilometres (1 nmi) northeast of the Sawert Rocks and Nella Rock, and about 2 kilometres (1 nmi) northwest of the Canopus Rocks. They were plotted from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) air photographs, and were named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for Captain B.T. Hansen, master of the Nella Dan for ANARE relief voyages in 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1972.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Hansen Rocks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-05-21.

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