Nelson Rock
Rock off the coast of Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica
title: "Nelson Rock" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["islands-of-mac.-robertson-land"] description: "Rock off the coast of Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica" topic_path: "general/islands-of-mac-robertson-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Rock" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Rock off the coast of Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Nelson Rock |
| map | Antarctica |
| map_caption | Location in Antarctica |
| location | Antarctica |
| coordinates | |
| population | Uninhabited |
| country | None |
| treaty_system | Antarctic Treaty System |
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Nelson Rock is an uninhabited solitary island, being essentially a dark rock which is partly ice-covered and lies 3 nmi north of Williams Rocks, off the coast of Mac Robertson Land in Holme Bay. The Rock was mapped by Robert G. Dovers of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) in 1954. Nelson Rock was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Robert Edward Kelvin Nelson, a weather observer at Mawson Station in 1962, who assisted with the triangulation of Nelson Rock and the erection of a beacon.
References
References
- {{GNIS. 10580
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