McCallie Rocks, Australian Antarctic Territory
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 68°18′38″S 78°38′36.6″E / 68.31056°S 78.643500°ECoordinates: 68°18′38″S 78°38′36.6″E / 68.31056°S 78.643500°E |
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| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
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| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
McCallie Rocks are two rocks located in the sea about 0.3 kilometres (0.19 mi) off the coast of Antarctica in the Vestfold Hills region. They are named after Michael McCallie, a helicopter pilot, who flew survey parties around the Vestfold Hills in 1978-79 in an exemplary manner and made the first landings by air on the rocks. The rocks are dark grey and rounded with diameters of about 100 metres (330 ft). Survey station NM/S/267 was established there in January 1979.[1]
This isolated pair of closely adjacent rocks lies in the sea off the ice-cliff coastline of Princess Elizabeth Land approximately 40.5 kilometres (25.2 mi) north-east of Davis Station. The summit of the southern-most rock, upon which survey station NM/S/267 was established in January, 1979, and to which the above WGS84 coordinates refer, is 15.9 metres (52 ft) above mean sea level. The summit of the northern-most rock, upon which survey station NM/S/271 was established, is 8.9 metres (29 ft) above mean sea level. Survey station NM/S/271 lies on a true bearing of 11° 47′ distant 172.9 metres (567 ft) from survey station NM/S/267.
These rocks form part of an extensive network of Adelie penguin breeding rookeries along the ice-free rock areas of the Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land.[2]
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer (ID number 2457) and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (ID number 9214).
References
- ↑ "McCallie Rocks". Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica. SCAR.
- ↑ Whitehead, Michael D.; Johnstone, Gavin W. (1990). "The Distribution and Estimated Abundance of Adelie Penguins Breeding in Prydz Bay, Antarctica" (PDF). Proc. NIPR Symp. Polar Biol. 3: 94.