Castor Rock (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Castor Rock (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Offshore rock
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
A rock in the Mackellar Islands lying to the north and north-west of Cape Denison, on the coast of George V Land. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named the group of islands after C.D. Mackellar of London, a patron of the expedition.
Castor Rock was named in 2017 in recognition of the dog that served on the AAE. 'Castor', who died alongside Belgrave Ninnis in a tragic sledging accident, was named after the mythical Greek twin patron of sailors.
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