Franklin Rock (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Franklin Rock (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Rock
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer.
A small rock about 2 km west of Cape Arkona on Heard Island. The Australian National Mapping Expedition, 1980 confirmed the position of the rock. Named after the Franklin, one of the sealing tenders of Messrs Perkins and Smith of New London, Connecticut, USA, who first exploited the seals on Heard Island in 1855.
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