The Child Rocks are a group of rocks at the west end of the
Robinson Group off the coast of
Mac. Robertson Land, west of
Andersen Island. They were mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the
Lars Christensen Expedition
Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries.
Origin
''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel".
A homonymous Etruscan name was ...
, 1936–37, and named "Vestskjera" (the west skerries). They were renamed 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 ...
for
J.B. Child,
Third Officer of the
RSS ''Discovery'' during the
British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition
The British Australian (and) New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) was a research expedition into Antarctica between 1929 and 1931, involving two voyages over consecutive Austral summers. It was a British Commonwealth initiative, dr ...
, 1929–31.
References
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Rock formations of Mac. Robertson Land
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