Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Lajkonik Rocks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Lajkonik Rocks (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Rock (5)
This name originates from Poland. It is part of the Poland Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Basaltic stacks at King George Bay, south of Growler Rock and north of Sukiennice Hills. Lajkonik is a tartar-clad man leading a band of "wild" Tartars through the gates of Cracow on the octave of Corpus Christi Day. This tradition goes back to medieval times and reminds of Tartar raids against Poland.
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