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Williamson Rock (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Williamson Rock (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Rock (5)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A small rock off the coast of Towle Point, Cape Crozier, Ross Island. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME16
Originally charted by the British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova expedition, BrAE), 1910-13 as a rock on the coast 'between Cape Tennyson and Cape Crozier, and about 7 miles east-south-east of the former, close off the north-east coast of Ross Island' and named by Scott for Thomas S Williamson, RN, who as able seaman and petty officer accompanied his expeditions of 1901-04 and 1910-13. This feature did not exist and may have been a grounded, debris coated iceberg, or otherwise incorrectly mapped. The name was reapplied at its current position c.1970, possibly following Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) 14 (1969/1970).
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