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)
Hobby Rocks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Hobby Rocks (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Rock (2b)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Three small islands lying off the Vestfold Hills, marking the western side of Davis Anchorage. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. They were remapped from ANARE air photos and named for D. Hobby, diesel mechanic at Davis Station in 1960.
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