Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Walkabout Rocks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Walkabout Rocks (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 and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Prominent rock exposures at the edge of the plateau ice on the coast at the north-east extremity of the Vestfold Hills; in about Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). Sir Hubert Wilkins landed at this point on 11 January, 1939. It was visited by an ANARE party led by Bruce H. Stinear on 10 May, 1957, and records left by Wilkins were recovered. The records were wrapped in a copy of the Australian Geographical Magazine "Walkabout", hence the name.
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