Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Nelson Rock (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Nelson 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 and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A solitary, dark rock, partly ice-covered, about 24 km NNW of Mawson. The rock was plotted by Robert G. Dovers, officer-in-charge at Mawson in 1954. It was fixed by triangulation carried out by D.R. Carstens, surveyer at Mawson in 1962.
Named after R. Nelson, weather observer at Mawson in 1962, who assisted with the triangulation and the erection of a beacon.
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