Hobby Rocks
The Hobby Rocks are three small islands lying off the Vestfold Hills in Antarctica, marking the western side of Davis Anchorage. They were mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, remapped from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions air photos and named for D.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Krat Rocks and Newman Shoal.
Krat Rocks
Reef
The Krat Rocks are an area of submerged rocks with a least depth of about 1 metre, lying at the west side of Davis Anchorage, 0.8 nautical miles south of Bluff Island, off the Vestfold Hills, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Antarctica.
Newman Shoal
Shoal
Newman Shoal is a shoal at the southwest side of Davis Anchorage, just off the Vestfold Hills. The shoal has depths of 1 fathom or less and lies 0.1 nautical miles southeast of Hobby Rocks.
Gardner Island
Island
Gardner Island is a largely ice-free island which lies about 3 km west of Broad Peninsula in the southern Vestfold Hills, in Prydz Bay on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica.
Hobby Rocks
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 10 metres
- Description: island group in Antarctica
- Categories: island and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hobby Rocks” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hobby Rocks”
- Chinese: “哈比岩”
- Dutch: “Hobby Rocks”
- German: “Hobby Rocks”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hobby Rocks”
- Swedish: “Hobby Rocks”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Krat Rocks and Newman Shoal.
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