Rouse Rocks (other)
Rouse Rocks may refer to: * Rouse Islands, a small group of islands in the eastern part of Holme Bay in Antarctica * ''Rouse Rocks'', an alternate name for John T. Young's sculpture ''Soaring Stones ''Soaring Stones'', also known as ''Rouse Rocks'', ''Soaring Rocks'', and ''Stones on Sticks'', is a 1990 granite-and-steel sculpture by John T. Young. It was first installed in the Transit Mall of Portland, Oregon, and was later sited as ''Soa ...

Rouse Islands
The Rouse Islands or Rouse Rocks are a small group of islands in the eastern part of Holme Bay in Antarctica, fringing the coast of Mac Robertson Land close south of Welch Island. The Rouse Islands have an elevation of . The Rouse Islands were discovered on February 13, 1931, by the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named them for E. J. Rouse of Sydney, who assisted the expedition with photographic equipment. The Rouse Islands have since been found to be islands. See also * Composite Antarctic Gazetteer * List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S * SCAR * Territorial claims in Antarctica Seven sovereign states – Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom – have made eight territorial claims in Antarctica. These countries have tended to place their Antarctic scientific observation and st ... References Islands of Mac. Robertson Land {{MacRobertsonLan ...
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