Mawson

The first ANARE station on the Antarctic Continent, located on the eastern side of Holme Bay on a horseshoe-shaped rock outcrop.

The site was selected by Phillip Law who named the station on 13 February, 1954, after Sir Douglas Mawson Antarctic explorer and a member of the ANARE Executive Planning Committee until his death in 1958.

Latitude: 67° 36' 09.7" S -67.603° Longitude: 62° 52' 25.7" E 62.874°
Region: Mawson Coast Feature Type: Station Date Named: Unknown	Altitude: 15 m Lat/Long Precision: Unknown Alt. Precision: Unknown

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