Baseline Rock

Baseline Rock
	Baseline Rock Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	67°36′S 62°44′E
Administration
	Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Baseline Rock is an isolated rock lying between Nøst Island and the Flat Islands in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and so named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia because the rock was used as one end of the baseline of a triangulation carried out by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1959.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Baseline Rock". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

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