The Canopus Rocks are two small, low rocks lying northwest of

Canopus Island Canopus Island is the southern of the two largest islands of the Canopus Islands in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land, with the Canopus Rocks lying about 1 nautical mile northwest of the islands. The two islands were mapped as one by Norwegian carto ...

, east of

Nella Rock Nella Rock () is a reef sounding 4.57 m, situated 550 m from and bearing 81 from the eastern extremity of the largest of the Sawert Rocks, at the entrance to Holme Bay. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA). The rock w ...

and the

Sawert Rocks Sawert Rocks is a group of rocks east-northeast of Azimuth Island, and about southwest of the Hansen Rocks, in the northeast part of Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. Plotted from photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research E ...

, and southeast of

Hansen Rocks The Hansen Rocks are a group of five small islands lying just north of Holme Bay and the coast of Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica, about northeast of the Sawert Rocks and Nella Rock, and about northwest of the Canopus Rocks. They were plotte ...

in the eastern part of

Holme Bay Holme Bay is a bay in Antarctica in Mac. Robertson Land, wide, containing many islands, indenting the coast north of the Framnes Mountains. Holme Bay is largely snow-free and was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs take ...

Mac. Robertson Land Mac. Robertson Land is the portion of Antarctica lying southward of the coast between William Scoresby Bay and Cape Darnley. It is located at . In the east, Mac. Robertson Land includes the Prince Charles Mountains. It was named by the British Au ...

. They were plotted from photos taken from

Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE ) is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program (AAp) administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). History Australia has had a long involv ...

aircraft in 1958, and named by the

Antarctic Names Committee of Australia The Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC) was established to advise the Government on names for features in the Australian Antarctic Territory and the subantarctic territory of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands. The commi ...

after Canopus Island.

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Rock formations of Mac. Robertson Land {{MacRobertsonLand-geo-stub