Departure Rocks
The Departure Rocks are a giant group of 4 steep-sided rocks lying 2 kilometres north of Peake-Jones Rock in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. They were mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Mars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and…Departure Rocks
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 18 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-67.61222° or 67° 36′ 44″ south
Longitude
62.81861° or 62° 49′ 7″ east
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
3J449RQ9+4C
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Departure Rocks” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Departure Rocks”
- Chinese: “迪帕徹岩”
- Dutch: “Departure Rocks”
- German: “Departure Rocks”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Departure Rocks”
- Swedish: “Departure Rocks”
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