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The Baldwin Rocks () are a group of rock
outcrop An outcrop or rocky outcrop is a visible exposure of bedrock or ancient superficial deposits on the surface of the Earth. Features Outcrops do not cover the majority of the Earth's land surface because in most places the bedrock or superficia ...
s about northwest of
Watson Bluff Watson Bluff () is a dark bluff 225 m, at the east end of David Island. Discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition The Australasian Antarctic Expedition was a 1911–1914 expedition headed by Douglas Mawson that explored the lar ...
on the north side of
David Island David Island () is an ice-covered island, long and wide, marked by rock exposures along its north and east sides, lying off Davis Peninsula in the Shackleton Ice Shelf in Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-popu ...
. They were charted by the
Australasian Antarctic Expedition The Australasian Antarctic Expedition was a 1911–1914 expedition headed by Douglas Mawson that explored the largely uncharted Antarctic coast due south of Australia. Mawson had been inspired to lead his own venture by his experiences on Ernes ...
, 1911–14, under
Mawson Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader dur ...
, and named by him for
Joseph M. Baldwin Joseph Mason Baldwin (9 September 1878 – 6 July 1945) was Victoria (Australia), Victorian government astronomer 1920–1943. Baldwin was born in Carlton, Victoria, Carlton, Melbourne, Australia, the third son of Joseph Baldwin (d.1887) and h ...
of the
Melbourne Observatory Melbourne Observatory is an observatory located on a hill adjacent to the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. The observatory commenced operations in 1862 and was decommissioned from official Government work in 1945. The observatory has since continu ...
.


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Rock formations of Queen Mary Land {{QueenMaryLand-geo-stub