Baseline Rock

Baseline Rock

Baseline Rock Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	67°36′S 62°44′E / 67.600°S 62.733°E / -67.600; 62.733Coordinates: 67°36′S 62°44′E / 67.600°S 62.733°E / -67.600; 62.733
Administration
None
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Baseline Rock is an isolated rock lying between Nøst Island and the Flat Islands in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and so named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia because the rock was used as one end of the baseline of a triangulation carried out by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1959.

References

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Baseline Rock" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).